Every named figure.
Lifespans, relatives, and scripture references. Every claim is traceable; tradition tags surface where readings differ.
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Abijam (1 Kings)
Son of Rehoboam and Maacah; king of Judah ca. 913–911 BC. Reigned three years; warred with Jeroboam. Distinct from Abijah son of Samuel and other figures.
Son of Jotham; king of Judah ca. 735–715 BC. Sacrificed his sons in the fire; burned incense at the high places. Submitted to Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria for protection from the Syro-Ephraimite alliance. Recipient of Isaiah's Immanuel prophecy (Isaiah 7).
Son of Jehoram of Judah and Athaliah; reigned one year (841 BC). Walked in the way of the house of Ahab. Killed by Jehu while visiting his wounded uncle Joram of Israel. Distinct from Ahaziah of Israel.
Son of Joash; king of Judah ca. 796–767 BC. Defeated Edom but adopted their gods. Defeated by Joash of Israel. Killed in a conspiracy at Lachish. Reigned twenty-nine years.
Son of Manasseh; king of Judah ca. 642–640 BC. Continued his father's idolatry without his repentance; assassinated in his palace after two years.
Son of Abijah; king of Judah ca. 911–870 BC. Reformer who removed idols and the male cult prostitutes; relied on foreign alliance with Aram in his later years and was rebuked by the seer Hanani. Reigned forty-one years.
Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (or Omri's daughter per 2 Kings 8:26); wife of Jehoram of Judah. After her son Ahaziah's death, killed all the royal seed and seized the throne for six years (841–835 BC). Overthrown and killed in the priest Jehoiada's coup that crowned the boy Joash. Only reigning queen of Judah.
Son of Ahaz; king of Judah ca. 715–686 BC. One of Judah's three best kings (with David and Josiah). Removed the high places; trusted Yahweh against Sennacherib of Assyria, who lost 185,000 in one night. Granted fifteen extra years of life after a fatal illness. Reigned twenty-nine years.
Shallum
Son of Josiah; reigned three months in 609 BC before Pharaoh Necho deposed him and took him to Egypt where he died. Distinct from Jehoahaz of Israel.
Eliakim
Son of Josiah; king of Judah 609–598 BC, installed by Pharaoh Necho. Burned Jeremiah's scroll. Killed Uriah the prophet. Vassal of Babylon, then rebelled. Died as Nebuchadnezzar arrived; his body 'cast forth beyond the gates' (Jer 22:19). Some traditions count him in Matt 1's omission.
Joram
Son of Jehoshaphat; king of Judah ca. 848–841 BC. Married Athaliah daughter of Ahab; killed his six brothers; walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Died of a horrible bowel disease as Elijah had foretold. Reigned eight years. Distinct from his contemporary Joram of Israel.
Son of Asa; king of Judah ca. 870–848 BC. Walked in the ways of David; sent Levites to teach the law throughout Judah. Allied unwisely with Ahab of Israel; rebuked by Jehu son of Hanani. Defeated Moab and Ammon by song and faith. Reigned twenty-five years.
Jehoshabeath
Daughter of King Jehoram of Judah; sister of Ahaziah; wife of Jehoiada the priest; rescued the infant Joash from Athaliah's massacre and hid him in the temple six years.
Jehoash
Son of Ahaziah; rescued as an infant by his aunt Jehosheba and hidden six years in the temple by the priest Jehoiada. Crowned at seven; reigned forty years (835–796 BC). Restored the temple. After Jehoiada's death, fell into apostasy and ordered the murder of Zechariah son of Jehoiada. Killed in a conspiracy. Distinct from Jehoash of Israel.
Son of Amon; king of Judah ca. 640–609 BC. Began reforms at sixteen; the Book of the Law was rediscovered in the temple in his eighteenth year, prompting national repentance. Killed at Megiddo trying to halt Pharaoh Necho. Reigned thirty-one years.
Son of Uzziah; king of Judah ca. 750–732 BC (co-regent for many years during Uzziah's leprosy). Built the upper gate of the temple; subdued the Ammonites; did right in the eyes of Yahweh.
Son of Hezekiah; king of Judah ca. 697–642 BC. Most evil king of Judah; rebuilt high places, set an Asherah pole in the temple, sacrificed his sons. Captured by the Assyrians, repented in exile, and was restored. Reigned fifty-five years, longest of any Judahite king. Distinct from Manasseh son of Joseph.
Son of Solomon and Naamah; king of Judah ca. 931–913 BC. Rejected the elders' counsel to lighten the tax burden, prompting the secession of the ten northern tribes under Jeroboam. Reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem.
Azariah
Son of Amaziah; king of Judah ca. 792–740 BC (long co-regency with father). One of Judah's most successful kings: defeated Philistines, Arabs, and Ammonites; rebuilt cities; strengthened the army. Struck with leprosy after presuming to burn incense in the temple; co-regent with his son Jotham thereafter. Year of his death is the year of Isaiah's vision (Isaiah 6).
Great-great-grandson of Hezekiah; prophesied under Josiah ca. 640–620 BC. Theme: the day of Yahweh.
Curation status: Primeval (Genesis 1–11), patriarchs (Genesis 12–50), Exodus/Numbers, Joshua/Judges/Ruth, the united and divided monarchies (Saul, David, all kings of Judah and Israel), the writing prophets, post-exilic figures (Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther), the Holy Family, John the Baptist, the Twelve, and the early apostolic generation are all in. 2,781figures curated so far. The remaining named biblical figures (priestly genealogies in 1 Chronicles, the post-exile lists in Ezra/Nehemiah, the obscure persons in Acts and the epistles) are pending. Every claim is rigorously sourced; gaps mean “not yet curated”, not “not in scripture”.