The 10 tribes chose jeroboam to be their king, fulfilling the decree god had. She expresses great surprise at his wisdom, his buildings, his court, and praises god for placing him on the jewish throne, 49. This book begins with the death of david, records the 40year reign of solomon, his building of the first temple, the splendor of his kingdom, his moral failure and death, followed by israels tragic civil war, the appearance of elijah, the call of elisha, and concludes with the death of ahab, an especially wicked northern israelite king. A chapter by chapter bible study of the book of first kings in a questions and answers format. Half of 1 kings covers the rise and fall of solomon. This summary of the book of 1 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 1 kings. Watch our overview video on the book of 1 samuel, which breaks down the literary. The northern ten tribes follow solomons former warrior and taskmaster. The time is now near for the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild jerusalem the occurrence that marks the beginning. Highlights from the book of first kings watchtower. And jehu wrote letters, and sent to samaria, unto the rulers of jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up ahabs children, saying, 2 now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your masters sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour. There are some of excellent parables, like in john 10. Eden was 15 when she met her new neighbors harper and jasper king.
The first book of kings begins with the elderly king david naming solomon, his son by bathsheba, as king of israel and judah to succeed him. Then jezebel sent a messenger unto elijah, saying, so let the gods do to me, and more also, if i make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. The book was divided into the two books of first kings and second kings in the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, and continues as such in the latin vulgate and our christian old testament of the bible. Solomon has adonijah executed along with the rest of his enemies, and gets to work building an empire. Highlights from the book of nehemiah twelve years have passed since the closing events recorded in the bible book of ezra took place. He said, 2 you have your masters sons with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weapons. The queen of sheba visits solomon, and brings rich presents. Others attribute a group of anonymous authors called the deuteronomists, since language from the book of deuteronomy is repeated in 1 kings.
She is called balkis by the arabians, but by the abyssinians maqueda. As the bible book of second chronicles opens, solomon is ruling as king over israel. Wrath anger, judge flapping his gums about what he saw, man gets fired as it was lies. Geneva study bible commentary on 1st kings chapter 10.
The book ends with these words of persian king cyrus to the exiled jews in babylonia. This act gives us the highlights of each kings reign. It was the loss of all the transjordanic kingdom of israel, and also the cutting off of their dominion over bashan in the land of edom. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries. The stories covered in this first book of kings highlight the great truth declared in. And when the queen of sheba heard of the fame of solomon concerning the name of the lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. The first nine chapters cover all the time that takes place from genesis 2 to first. He was most likely a prophet, because many of the historical events. Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne. First kings covers about 126 years of israels history. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the hobbit and what it means. The main divisions of the text are those provided by the new english bible itself, but these are further subdivided for the purposes of the commentary, which is. It relates the life story of solomon, during whose kingship ancient israel enjoys a time of security. The first half of 1 kings concerns the history of israel from completion of the story of the great king david in the events of the succession of david\s son, solomon, and david\s death.
Although the writer is unknown, it was written while the first temple was still standing 1 kings 8. The first book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on. Shed heard about the fame of solomon, especially concerning his knowledge of the name of the owner of the earth, so she came to prove if he was really the real deal. Listen to chuck swindolls overview of first kings in his audio message from the classic series gods masterwork. In the hebrew bible, our books of i and 2 kings are combined into one book. Listen to chuck swindolls overview of second kings in his audio message from the classic series gods masterwork.
Originally one book, they were divided by the septuagint translators. These are glorious events, but unfortunately the sin of solomon led to the division and decline of the kingdom and the eventual captivity of all twelve tribes in 2 kings. The second half of the book looks to the characters of the kings of israel and judah as well as the prophets nathan, ahijah, elijah, and micaiah. Kings, or in greek, was originally a book of the former prophets in hebrew scripture. Next chapter of 1 kings the book of 1 kings, chapter 15 we hope that you find the content of the book of 1 kings, chapter 15 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter.
In the hebrew bible the book of kings continued the narrative started in samuel. It has subdivisions of the short wicked reign of abijam, asaa long reign, war between asa and baasha, asas death, the evil reign of nadab, king of israel, and the reign of baasha third king of israel. This is a reference to gods cutting down the size of their kingdom. Since i kings and the first 26 chapters of 2 chronicles cover the same period of time. And jehu wrote letters, and sent to samaria, unto the rulers of jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up ahabs children, saying.
This book is the sequel to 1 and 2 samuel and begins by tracing solomons rise to kingship. The book of 1 kings was likely written between 560 and 540 b. Highlights from the book of second chronicles watchtower. Because of the lords eternal love for israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness. The book of kings was originally one book that was later divided into i kings and ii kings. In 1 samuel, god reluctantly raises up kings to rule the israelites. The first book of kings chapter 10 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible. And ahab told jezebel all that elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm. The author is neither indicated in the text nor known by scholars.
When the queen of sheba heard as our lord calls her queen of the south, 12. Book of first kings overview insight for living ministries. Chapter 10 of 1st kings begins with a visit from a queen from the land of sheba. As we noted in the previous chapter, 1 and 2 kings originally comprised one book of history. Rehoboam rules over the southern kingdom, made up of the tribes of judah. So his attendants said to him, let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. The book of 1 kings traces the history of gods covenant people under israels kings, beginning with the reign. This was he, who, having tasted all earthly enjoyments, wrote a book, to show the vanity of all worldly things, the vexation of spirit that attends them, and the folly of setting our hearts upon them. Harpers bible commentary, edited by james luther mays, new york. Next chapter of 1 kings the book of 1 kings, chapter 16 we hope that you find the content of the book of 1 kings, chapter 16 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter.
The time is now near for the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild jerusalem the occurrence that marks the beginning of the 70 weeks of years leading up to the messiah. The book of 1 kings begins with the historical record of davids death and ends with ahaziahs two year reign over israel 970 to 844 bc. The first kings journal has all the questions listed for one chapter a day with space to fill in your own thoughts. Jewish tradition credits jeremiah the prophet as the author of 1 kings, although bible scholars are divided on the issue. King solomon reigned over the united kingdom of israel circa 960 to 922 bc, and built the temple of solomon in jerusalem in the midtenth century bc. The first book of kings chapter 15 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible.
Like the books of 1 and 2 samuel, 1 and 2 kings originally were one book. Jack zavada is a writer who covers the bible, theology, and other christianity topics. The books of first and second kings were originally one book in the hebrew bible, but were later divided into two books. Jehu had all of them killed and he had their heads put in baskets at the gates of the city. When king david was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. The books of 1 kings and 2 kings were originally one book. Oct 14, 2017 the first book of kings chapter 10 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible.
The first book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on the. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of 1 kings in the bible king james version. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of bible. The books of first and second kings are the story of israels decline.
Ten tribes revolt and make jeroboam king over them. Sheba, seba, or saba was a land in the part of the arabian peninsula corresponding to modern yemen. The plan of this volume of commentary on the new english bible text of the first book of kings follows the pattern of the now wellestablished series on the old and new testaments. Ahijah told jeroboam that the lord would give him ten of the tribes. In the first few chapters of 1 kings we see the rise of solomon and the building of the temple. Solomon prays to the lord god to give him wisdom to. As the illustrious life of king david draws to a close, only some quick thinking by the prophet nathan and solomons mom bathsheba prevents adonijah from stealing the throne from solomon, the rightful king. This journal guides you through a personal quiet time with the lord helping you to hear from him and act on what youve read. Just as jehonadab wholeheartedly accepted jehus invitation to get up into the chariot with him, the great crowd willingly support jesus christ, the modernday jehu, and his anointed followers. Highlights from the book of second chronicles as the bible book of second chronicles opens, solomon is ruling as king over israel. Highlights from the book of first kings when the righteous become many, the people rejoice. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may ke.