I Kings

The Book of Kings (Hebrew: ספר מלכים‎, sêp̄er malḵîm) is the ninth book of the Hebrew Bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the Christian Old Testament.

Like Samuel, the two books of Kings were originally one book. They contain the account of Israel from Solomon until the destruction of Judah. After Solomon, there are 19 kings of Israel and 20 kings of Judah. Judah survived some 140 years longer as a nation than did Israel. Contained within the books are the high and low points of Israel’s life, from the height of Solomon’s reign to the end of the people as a nation.

Date: 970 B.C. to 586 B.C.

Divisions: The book of Kings can be divided as follows:

The Book of 1 Kings

I. Solomon 1-11

Establishment 1-3

Administration 4

The Temple 5-9

Queen of Sheba 10

Sad End 11

II. The Kingdom Splits 12-16

Jeroboam & Rehoboam 12-14

Transition to Ahab 15-16

III. Elijah and Ahab 17-22

The Drought 17

Confrontation with Baal 18

The Still Voice 19

The Syrians 20

Naboth’s Vineyard 21

Ahab’s End 22

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