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'''Reign Reigns of Omri-> Ahab -> Ahaziah -> Joram'''

(Omri reigned from 885-to 874)BC

'''Reign of Ahab''' succeeded his father Omri, reigning from 874 to 853 BC.

Ahaziah reigned from 853 to 852 BC. He came to the throne after his father [[Ahab]] died in battle (874-853[[1 Kings 22]]).

'''Reign of Joram was Ahaziah'''s brother, and he came to power in 852 BC. He was murdered by [[Jehu]], an army official in 841 BC.

(853'''Reigns of Jehu -852)> Jehoahaz -> Jehoash -> Jeroboam II -> Zachariah'''

'''Reign of Jehu murdered king [[Joram''']] in 841 BC and placed himself on the throne. He reigned until 814 BC.

(841Jeroboam II succeeded his father [[Jehoash]], reigning from 782 to 753 BC. He had a number of military successes and oversaw economic growth in Israel, but none-814)the-less he is remembered as an evil king who did not follow God in [[2 Kings 14]].

'''Reign of Jehoahaz''' (814-798) '''Reign of Jehoash'''  (798-782) '''Reign of Jeroboam II''' (782-was followed by his son Zachariah who reigned in 753) '''Reign of Zachariah'''  BC. He was murdered after ruling only a few months (753[[2 Kings 15]]).

(Shallum murdered Zachariah in 752) '''Reign BC and ascended to the throne. Around this time the military fortunes of Menahem'''Israel began to decline dramatically. Within a few weeks of becoming king, Shallum was murdered.

(752'''Reigns of Menahem -742)> Pekahiah'''

(Pekahiah succeeded his father Menahem and reigned from 742-until his murder in 740)BC.

(Pekah came to the throne after murder Pekahiah in 740-BC. He reigned until 732)BC, when he was overthrown by [[Hoshea]] who had the support of the Assyrian king.

(Hoshea came to the throne after overthrowing Pekah in 732-722) Hoshea's BC. His reign ended in [[722 BC]] when the people of his kingdom were exiled in [[722 BC]] by the Assyrian empire.