These are all shown in the table below. They are of the line of David, but since the kingship does not pass exactly as expected according the generation number (counting from Adam) is placed before each name. The names could be compared with the main genealogies.

Many of these kings gained the throne through assasination. Hence in the list I have also included the table from which the name comes.

A study of the two kings list brings out another factor. The line of David passed down the entire list of twenty kings to the captivity. The word of God was not properly honoured in the southern kingdom, but periodic revivals brought the people back to God from time to time.

In the north the contrast shows. The kingdom started in rebellion, firstly against the king, then to reinforce that, against God in the installation of idol worship sites to keep the people away from Jerusalem. The son of the rebel king was murdered and succeeded by his murderer. Again his son was overthrown and a third dynasty started. This lasted through four kings (Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah and Joram) and again insurrection (though foretold or instigated by God) again changed the dynasty as Jehu took over. Of the remaining five kings only one succeeded their father, the others all took the thrown by assasination. There were twenty kings for the northern kingdom, but in a much shorter time as the north went into captivity well before the south.

It is the same story as the story of Adam's sin. Once rebellion starts it spreads and breeds and conditions become worse not better. Rebellion does not usually bring "a new order" which is better than the previous bad one, but leads to more rebellion and worse conditions.