The kings of Israel are the kings of the 10 northern tribes which revolted and became a separate kingdom shortly after Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, became king. Because Solomon’s heart had turned from God, the kingdom would be torn apart. But because of David, this would not happen during Solomon’s reign. Instead it would happen during the reign of Solomon’s son, Rehoboam.
The northern tribes were also referred to as Ephraim because Ephraim was the predominant or leading tribe.
https://www.gotquestions.org/tribe-of-Ephraim.html
Kings of all 12 Tribes
Saul
–reigned 40 years – Acts 13:21 – no mention in OT of how long Saul reigned.
–Israel demands a king (1 Samuel 8:4-5)
–told by God to do what Israel asks (1 Samuel 8:7-22)
–God shows Saul to Samuel (1 Samuel 9:17)
–Samuel anoints Saul king (1 Samuel 10:1)
–Saul proclaimed king to all of Israel (1 Samuel 10:21-24)
–Saul rejected by God because he rejected the word of the Lord. (1 Samuel 15:10-26)
–Saul and his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishau, killed in battle (1 Samuel 31:6)
David
— reigned 40 years – 7½ years over Judah and 33 years over Israel and Judah – 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 2:11
–Samuel told to anoint David king (1 Samuel 16:12)
–David anointed king by Samuel (1 Samuel 16:13)
–David anointed king of Judah (2 Samuel 2:4)
War between Israel and Judah (2 Samuel 2:12 – 4:12)
–anointed king of all Israel (Israel and Judah) after murder of Ishboshet – (2 Samuel 5:3)
–died (1 Kings 2:10)
Solomon
–made king by David – 1 Kings 1: 29-48 – reigned 40 years – 1 Kings 11:42
–Solomon’s heart turned from God (worshipped other god’s) so kingdom will be torn from Solomon and given to his servant (10 northern tribes) Won’t be done while Solomon is king, but when his son is king. (1 Kings 11:9-13)
Rehoboam
–son of Solomon – 1 Kings 11:43 – reigned 17 years – 1 Kings 14:21
–10 northern tribes revolted shortly after his coronation (1 Kings 12:1-16)
–Did evil in the sight of the Lord. Sinned more than their fathers (1 Kings 14:22)
Kings of Israel – The 10 Northern Tribes
1st – Ishbosheth
–2 Samuel 2:8-9 – son of Saul – 1st king of Israel. Reigned 2 years – 2 Samuel 2:10
–Made king of Israel by Abner, son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army after Saul died (2 Samuel 2:8-9)
–murdered by Rechab and Baanah – sons of Rimmon the Beerothite – (2 Samuel 4:1-8)
2nd – Jeroboam
–1Kings 12:20 – reigned 22 years – 1 Kings 14:20
–Israel sent for him to speak to Rehoboam for them (1 Kings 12:3)
–Made king over all Israel (1 Kings 12:20)
–Made two calves of gold (which brought you up from the land of Egypt), shrines and priests, and lead the people in worshiping and sacrificing to the calves. (1 Kings 12:28-33)
–“became one of the priests of the high places. And this thing was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to exterminate and destroy it from the face of the earth.” (1Kings 13:33-34)
3rd – Nadab
–1Kings 15:25 – son of Jeroboam
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin by which he made Israel sin” (1Kings 15:26)
–Assassinated, after only 2 years on the throne, by Baasha. (1 Kings 15:27)
4th – Baasha
–1Kings 15:33 – reigned 24 years
–Killed all the house of Jeroboam (1Kings 15:29)
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.” (1Kings 15:34)
–Walked in the way of Jeroboam and made Israel sin. “I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam.” (1Kings 16:2-3)
5th – Elah
–1Kings 16:8 – son of Baasha – reigned 2 years
–Assassinated by his servant, Zimri. (1 Kings 16:9-10)
6th – Zimri
–1Kings 16:15 – reigned 7 days
–Killed all the household of Baasha, his relatives and his friends (1 Kings 16:11-13)
–Killed himself by fire “because of the sins which he had committed in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had committed to make Israel sin.” (1Kings 16:19)
7th – Omri
–1Kings 16:23 – reigned 12 years
–Killed his opponent, Tibni, for the throne, in battle (1 Kings 21-22)
–“did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all who were before him.” “walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat (1Kings 16:25-26)
8th – Ahab
–1Kings 16:29 – son of Omri — reigned 22 years
–“did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him” (1Kings 16:33)
–“served Baal and worshiped him. Then he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal” (1Kings 16:31-32)
9th – Ahaziah
–1Kings 22:51 — son of Ahab – reigned 2 years
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam.” (1 Kings 22:52)
–“served Baal and worshiped him.” (1Kings 22:53)
–Died with no son. (2 Kings 1:17)
10th – Jehoram/Joram
–2 Kings 1:17 3:1 – son of Ahab – reigned 12 years
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like his father and mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam.” (2 Kings 3:2-3)
–Killed by Jehu after Jehu’s anointment as King of Israel by God’s command. (2 Kings 9:24)
11th – Jehu
–2 Kings 9:1-3 – Anointed King of Israel by God’s command to Elisha the prophet – reigned 28 years –
2 Kings 10:36
–Destroyed Baal from Israel (2 Kings 10:28)
–Didn’t reverse the illegal worship at the calf shrines (2 Kings 10:31)
12th – Jehoahaz
–2 Kings 10:35 — son of Jehu – reigned 17 years – 2 Kings 13:1
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.” (2 Kings 13:2)
13th – Jehoash/Joash
–2 Kings 13:10 – son of Jehoahaz – reigned 16 years – 2 Kings 13:10
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord…did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, …but walked in them” (2 Kings 13:11)
14th – Jeroboam II
–2 Kings 13:13; 14:16, 23 – son of Jehoash/Joash – reigned 41 years – 2 Kings 14:23
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord…did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.”
(2 Kings 14:24)
15th – Zechariah
–2 Kings 14:29 – son of Jeroboam II – reigned 6 months – 2 Kings 15:8
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.” (2 Kings 15:9)
–Killed by Shallum (2 Kings 15:10)
16th – Shallum
–2 Kings 15:13 – son of Jabesh reigned 1 month – 1 Kings 15:13
–Killed by Menahem, son of Gadi (2 Kings 15:14, 17)
17th – Menahem
–2 Kings 15:14 – son of Gadi – reigned 10 years – 2 Kings 15:17
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat” (2 Kings 15:18)
18th – Pekahiah
–2 Kings 15:22 – son of Menahem – reigned 2 years – 2 Kings 15:27
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat”
(2 Kings 15:24)
–Killed by Pekah, son of Remaliah (2 Kings 15:25)
19th – Pekah
–2 Kings 15:25, 27 – son of Remaliah – reigned 20 years – 2 Kings 15:27
–‘did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat”
(2 Kings 15:28)
–Killed by Hoshea, son of Elah (2 Kings 15:30)
20th – Hoshea
–2 Kings 15:30; 17:1 – son of Elah – reigned 9 years – 2 Kings 17:1
–“did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him” (2 Kings 17:2)
–Shut up and bound in prison by the King of Assyria for bringing no tribute and conspiring against the King of Assyria (2 Kings 17:4)