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Thousands already have! Try your free trial today! In trying to keep all of these people and messages clear in my mind, I have put together a list of all the kings and prophets during the period of the divided kingdom (roughly 931-586 BC). Some of these prophets only have their words recorded in Kings or Chronicles, while others have their words recorded elsewhere in the Bible (usually the book name is the prophet’s name). In the midst of these kingdoms, several prophets are sent by God. Elijah meets Obadiah on the way, and tells of appearing before King Ahab.

God instructs Elijah to talk to King Ahab. Elijah brings back to life the widow’s dead son. What makes it challenging when reading straight through the Bible is that the history is covered in 1 and 2 Kings and then again in 1 and 2 Chronicles. God instructs Elijah to go to a widow in Sidon. One challenging point in history is the divided kingdoms of Israel (the 10 northern tribes) and Judah (the 2 southern tribes). Owens ( created the helpful chart below delineating the Old Testament prophets and kings of Israel and Judah and has now updated it: