1 & 2 Kings: Rise & Fall of the Kingdom

United Kingdom 1 Kings 1:1-11:43		Divided Kingdom 1 Kings 12 – 2 Kings 25
David appoints Solomon, 1:1-2:9	Solomon’s greatness, 2:13-10:29	History of the kings of Israel & Judah
David’s death	Solomon’s downfall, 11	Elijah’s Ministry 1 Kin 17 -2 Kin 2	Elisha’s Ministry 2 Kin 2-8	Captivity of Israel, 2 Kin 17
				Captivity of Judah, 2 Kin 24-25

Major characters

• Solomon (“peaceable, peaceful”)
• 19 kings of Northern Kingdom (Israel) – none good
• 19 kings/1 queen of Southern Kingdom (Judah) – 8 good
• Elijah (“whose God is Jehovah”)
• Elisha (“salvation of my God”)

Major themes

• The sin and failure of Israel and Judah, particularly with regard to idolatry
• God’s covenant with Israel

Major words/phrases

• He reigned…
• He did what was right…
• He did what was evil…
• He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam… who made Israel sin

Christ in all the Scriptures

• Solomon (cp. Matt 12:42 – a greater than Solomon is here)