1 Kings
From Commontary
The Book of 1 Kings
Contents |
Author
Date
Occasion & Purpose
Themes
Outline
1 Kings 1-12: Solomon's Rise and Fall
1 Kings 1:1-53 Aged David Makes Solomon King Despite Adonijah's Plot
1 Kings 2:1-46 Solomon Consolidates Power
1 Kings 3:1-28 Solomon Asks for Wisdom, and Begins Using It
1 Kings 4:1-34 The Government and Wisdom of Solomon
1 Kings 5:1-18 Solomon Prepares to Build the Temple
1 Kings 6:1-38 Solomon Builds the Temple
1 Kings 7:1-51 Solomon Builds his Palace, Furnishes the Temple
1 Kings 8:1-66 The Ark Brought to the Temple, and the Temple is Dedicated
1 Kings 9:1-28 YHWH Confirms His Covenant to Solomon; Solomon's Other Activities
1 Kings 10:1-29 The Queen of Sheba and Solomon's Splendor
1 Kings 11:1-43 Solomon's Many Wives and Enemies; Jeroboam's Rebellion; Solomon's Death
1 Kings 12:1-33 Rehoboam Becomes King and Israel Rebels; Jeroboam's Golden Calves
1 Kings 13-16: Two Kingdoms: Their Kings and Their Idolatry
1 Kings 13:1-34 The Prophet from Judah, Prophecies Josiah
1 Kings 14:1-20 Ahijah Prophecies Against Jeroboam; Jeroboam's Reign
1 Kings 14:21-15:24 Accounts of Rehoboam, Abijah, and Asa, Kings of Judah
1 Kings 15:25-16:34 Accounts of Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri, Kings of Israel; Intro. Ahab
1 Kings 17-2 Kings 8: Elijah and Elisha Stand Against the House of Ahab
1 Kings 17:1-24 Elijah Fed by Ravens; the Widow of Zarephath
1 Kings 18:1-15 Elijah and Obadiah
1 Kings 18:16-46 Elijah vs. the Prophets of Baal @ Mt. Carmel
1 Kings 19:1-21 Elijah and the 'still, small voice'; the Call of Elisha
1 Kings 20:1-43 Ahab vs. Ben Hadad; Ahab Condemned by a Prophet
1 Kings 21:1-29 Elijah Condemns Ahab & Jezebel for Taking Naboth's Vineyard
1 Kings 22:1-28 Ahab, Jehoshaphat, and the Prophet Micaiah
1 Kings 22:29-40 Death of Ahab
1 Kings 22:41-53 Jehoshaphat King of Judah and Ahaziah King of Israel
