2 Samuel

This simple chart will help clear up a ton of Old Testament confusion.
From the top to bottom it is a time line starting with the kingship of Saul, David and Solomon. Then the kingdom splits. Judah's kingdom is represented on the left while Israel's 10 tribes are represented on the right.
Next to each king is the length of his reign. The darkened squares indicate kings who for good or evil greatly influenced the course of the nation.
Next to many of the kings you will see the names of the prophets - this is to indicate when and to which kingdom the prophet primarily served.
Finally on the right you see a continuum of the four historical books of the kings indicating in a very rough manner where the kings in question are discussed.

The genesis of this chart came from Paul Benware's Old Testament Survey class at Moody Bible Institute way back in 1992. Thanks Dr. Benware for clearing up the OT!