Kings of Israel & Judah Family Tree

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CREDITS:

Chart & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio Editing by Jack Rackam
Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0.

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[AlMuqaddimahYT]

Israelites: We don't like the system of the judges we... Better Call Saul.

[AlMuqaddimahYT]

Last time I was this early the Israelite Kingdom was still united.

[timd]

I am glad you included Ish-bosheth. Many people skip over him because they assume David took over all of Israel immediately when Saul died.

[TurtleMarcus]

4:54 "... for which Joab ends up losing his job". After that, he was only known as "A".

[OrchestrationOnline]

Worth mentioning here that "bosheth" was a word inserted into Hebrew religious texts in place of the names of other gods. The word means "shame" - so it is shameful that a king would have the name of a god other than Yahweh incorporated into their name. So the name "Ish-Bosheth" was actually "Ishbaal" or "Eshbaal." "Mephibosheth" was a rewrite of the name "Merib-Baal."

[thorpeaaron]

Israelite kings being assassinated sounds like a very common theme

[adrianblake]

16:00 Sargon king of Assyria is actually mentioned in the bible, in Isaiah 20:1

[jacobnestle]

I've been in Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem and I can confirm it's a brilliant piece of engineering.

[ikazuchioni]

How do you know that Jezebel only uses Apple Computers?
Because she hates "Windows"
I'll let myself out.

[ErikNilsen]

16:40 "Generally the kings of Judah are presented as being good kings."
If by "generally, " you mean eight out of twenty (at most), then yes. The Old Testament authors were still very critical of Judah's monarchy as well. Few kings of the southern kingdom they considered faithful to Yahweh, and even then they usually qualified their assessment (e.g., "This king still did not take down the high places and Asherah poles, " etc.).

[Chikinbokbok]

Being a Christian, I'm just happy he doesn't drag religion though the mud as much as other people.

[levimcglinchey]

The way you splash the full screen images on is really cool, solid addition

[tightropewalkergirl]

Really enjoyed this - I have a degree in religious studies so recognised a lot of these names and it was really great to see what I remembered studying way back in the mid 90s

[clarissacuartero]

Hey mister, I'd just like to say, I LOVE YOU. Your charts are so delicate and informative which I deeply appreciate as a devoted lover of history 💛😭 Thank you so much for your efforts!

[Vercingetorix.Rising]

I cant be the only one who had to keep rewinding, there were so many links and names and cousins and best friends and shit to keep up with. My god, this is going to take hours to digest. Great research. Your approach is perfect balance as well. Respect the books but take the history for what it is.

[Jyyhjyyh]

The comment section is a treasure trove of Black Hebrew Israelites and fundamentalist Christians accusing Matt of atheism. I love it.

[rickmitton]

I appreciate the hard work and the chart looks amazing. Being an evangelical Christian, I would disagree with your take on many aspects of your description, though I understand your viewpoint. I don't believe this is the forum for debate, however, I would like to point out that there are numerous scholars who disagree with the secular viewpoint of when certain portions of the Bible were written. A lack of archaelogical evidence is not proof of non-existence, Nineveh was thought to be myth for a 150 years until it was discovered, and so it is possible that either evidence hasn't been found yet, or doesn't exist at all.

I would like to stress that I really do enjoy this channel, and your charts, and these videos. Thank you for all your hard work, dedication, and objectivity!

[kiuzuki]

The level of effort to put everything together and explaining events in short is really amazing.

I hope to see such videos based on other civilizations. Keep up the good work! ✌

[annbsirius]

Another really informative video! I always appreciate how you're careful to point out what's verified and what's not. I'm also really liking the red line around who you're talking about.