1 Kings
- Book Name
- 1 Kings means "Rulers"
- Main Topic(s)
- One Kingdom, then Israel is Divided
- Description
- Pickup up where 2 Samuel left off, 1 Kings follows David's son, Solomon and his rise to kingship. The First Temple is built in worship to God, but the lusts of the world eventually led to a divided kingdom. A series of evil kings rule over both the land of Judah and Israel as the Jews, as a whole, stray away from God.
- Written
- 852 BC
- Bible Division
- History
- Timeline
4004 BC2024 AD
1015 BC — 889 BC
