The second part 311 includes events from solomons rule and tells how famous and rich he was. Study scripture verses and use highlighting, underlining, and take notes in the bible. Solomon and other kings of israel, king ahab and jezebel, the prophet elijah, solomons temple. We derive our english title kings from jeromes vulgate, the latin translation of the bible. Bible scholars identify two or three possible writers. 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. In kings, davids son solomon leads israel to greatness, only to.
In the hebrew scriptures the book of kings one book 1 1. We dont know who the human author of this book was. The greek translation of the old testament, the septuagint lxx, divided the book in two and this was followed by the latin vulgate version and english translations. First kings was written to record history but, more important, to teach the lessons of.
This is the holy book of 1 kings, known as the first book of the kings, otherwise called the third book of the kings. The history of israel that began with the event of the exodus continues in the two books of kings. A free bible version and commentary on the old testament book of 1 kings in easy english. English title kings from jeromes vulgate, the latin translation of the bible. First and second kings is the second in a series of three double books. Study guide for 1 kings 1 by david guzik blue letter bible. It is suggested the first writer compiled the major part of the history in the book of kings from 1 kings chapter 1 to the death of king josiah in 2 kings 23.
Bible study guide for 1 kings, old testament david padfield. The book of kings was originally one book that was later divided into i kings and ii kings. Bible study of 12 kings is largely one of failed leadership and what happened to the people who followed bad leaders and what can be learned from them. Book of 1 kings read, study bible verses online bible study tools. Book of first kings overview insight for living ministries. The recording is dramatized, from the king james bible. The book concludes with the introduction of the elijah saga that is continued in ii kings. Watch our overview video on the books of 12 kings, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The first book of kings introduction agape bible study. The first part 12 tells about the last years of king davids life and how his son solomon became the king of israel. Like the books of 1 and 2 samuel, 1 and 2 kings originally were one book. The holy bible book 11 1 kings kjv dramatized audio. Introduction to the book of 1 kings in the bible learn religions. 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.
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