SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF 1 KINGS



BIBLICAL PERIOD #6 THE UNITED KINGDOM #7 THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
FOCUS THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL THE DIVIDED KINGDOMS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
THE COVENANT THE SINAI COVENANT [Davidic Covenant]
SCRIPTURE 1:1right arrow, to 3:1right arrow, to 9:1right arrow, to 12:1right arrow, to 15:1right arrow, to 16:29–22:53
DIVISION David chooses Solomon The wisdom of King Solomon The failures of King Solomon The Great Schism:
Civil War and political/religious division of the kingdom
Histories of kings of Israel and Judah Elijah prophet of God
TOPIC SOLOMON KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
UNITED KINGDOM IN PEACE KINGDOMS IN TURMOIL
LOCATION JERUSALEM, Capital of United Israel SAMARIA, Capital of Israel
JERUSALEM, Capital of Judah
TIME 40 years 90 years


TIME LINE
Assyrian Empire———————————————————————————————————Babylon——Persia————

—UNITED KINGDOM— —DIVIDED KINGDOMS—
Israel and Judah
Exile of Israel
(no recorded return)
—Exile of Judah— Judah returns
c. 1047 BC c. 1010 BC c. 970 BC c. 930 BC c. 873-53 BC 722 BC 568 BC 539 BC
SAUL becomes King •Death of SAUL
•DAVID–King
•Death of DAVID
•SOLOMON–King
•Death of SOLOMON
•REHOBOAM–King
ELIJAH the Prophet Israel destroyed by Assyria •Judah Destroyed
•Begin the Exile
•Persians conquer Babylon
•Return to Judah begins