1 Kings

Contents

1 Kings 1

• David in His Old Age
• Adonijah Claims the Throne
• Nathan and Bathsheba Intervene
• David Proclaims Solomon King
• Adonijah’s Feast Turns to Panic
• Adonijah Seeks Refuge at the Altar

1 Kings 2

• David’s Final Charge to Solomon
• Adonijah’s Last Request
• Solomon Settles Old Scores
• The Confinement and Fall of Shimei

1 Kings 3

• Solomon’s Marriage and Worship at the High Places
• Solomon’s Dream at Gibeon
• The Wisdom of Solomon’s Judgment

1 Kings 4

• Solomon’s Officials
• The Twelve District Governors

1 Kings 5

• Solomon’s Provisions and Dominion
• The Wisdom and Fame of Solomon
• Solomon’s Treaty with Hiram of Tyre
• Levies and Laborers for the Temple

1 Kings 6

• Building the Temple Begins
• Yahweh’s Promise During Construction
• The Temple’s Cedar and Gold Interior
• The Cherubim of the Inner Sanctuary

1 Kings 7

• Solomon’s Palace Complex
• Hiram the Craftsman and the Bronze Pillars
• The Bronze Sea and the Stands
• An Inventory of the Temple Furnishings

1 Kings 8

• The Ark Brought to the Temple
• Solomon Blesses the Assembly
• Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication
• Solomon’s Closing Blessing
• The Dedication Sacrifices and Feast

1 Kings 9

• Yahweh Appears to Solomon a Second Time
• Solomon and Hiram Settle Accounts
• Solomon’s Building Projects and Labor Force
• Solomon’s Fleet and the Gold of Ophir

1 Kings 10

• The Queen of Sheba
• Solomon’s Wealth

1 Kings 11

• Solomon’s Foreign Wives
• Solomon’s Adversaries
• Jeroboam and the Prophet Ahijah
• The Death of Solomon

1 Kings 12

• The Kingdom Divided
• The Golden Calves

1 Kings 13

• The Man of God from Judah
• The Old Prophet of Bethel
• Jeroboam’s Continuing Sin

1 Kings 14

• Ahijah’s Verdict Against Jeroboam
• Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

1 Kings 15

• Abijam and Asa of Judah
• Nadab and Baasha of Israel

1 Kings 16

• The Fall of Baasha’s House
• Zimri and Omri
• Ahab Begins to Reign

1 Kings 17

• Elijah and the Drought
• The Widow of Zarephath
• The Widow’s Son Restored

1 Kings 18

• Elijah and Obadiah
• The Contest on Mount Carmel
• The Rain Returns

1 Kings 19

• Elijah Flees to Horeb
• The Call of Elisha

1 Kings 20

• Ben-Hadad’s First Siege
• Israel’s Second Victory
• The Prophet’s Rebuke

1 Kings 21

• Naboth’s Vineyard
• Elijah’s Judgment on Ahab

1 Kings 22

• Micaiah and the False Prophets
• The Death of Ahab
• Jehoshaphat of Judah
• Ahaziah Begins to Reign