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1 Kings Chapter 7

The Building of Solomon's Palace The building of Solomon's house

7 1 1 Kin 9:10; 2 Chr 8:1 B1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. Of the house of Lebanon

2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. Of the porch of pillars

6And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. Of the porch of judgment

7 1 Kin 10:18; Psa 45:6; Psa 110:1; Pro 20:8; Isa 9:7 7Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. Of the house for Pharaoh's daughter

8 1 Kin 3:1 8And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

9All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

12 Joh 10:23; Act 3:11 12And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house. Hiram's work of the two pillars,

13 2 Chr 4:11 13¶And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

14 Luk 2:40; Dan 1:17; Isa 28:26; Job 35:11; Exo 31:3; Exo 28:3 14He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

15 2 Kin 25:17; 2 Chr 3:15; Jer 52:21 15For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

16And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

17And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

18And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

19And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

20 Jer 52:23; 2 Chr 3:16; 2 Kin 25:17 20And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.

21 2 Chr 3:17; SS 3:10; Gal 2:9; Rev 3:12; 1 Kin 6:3 21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

22And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. Of the molten sea

23 Jer 52:17; 2 Chr 4:2; 2 Kin 25:13 23And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

24 2 Chr 4:3 24And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

25 2 Chr 4:4-5; Jer 52:20; Eze 1:10; Rev 4:6-7 25It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

26And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. Of the ten bases

27And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

28And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

29 Rev 4:6-8; Eze 41:18-19; Eze 1:10; Psa 18:10; 1 Kin 6:27 29And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.

30And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

31And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

32And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

33And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

34And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

35And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

36For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

37After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. Of the ten lavers

38 Tit 3:5; Zec 13:1; 2 Chr 4:6; Exo 30:18 38Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

39And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. and all the vessels

40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:

41The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

42And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

43And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

44And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

45 Exo 27:3; 2 Chr 4:16; Zec 14:20-21 45And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.

46 Jos 3:16; 2 Chr 4:17; Jos 3:16 46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

47 1 Chr 22:14 47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

48 Exo 37:25; Exo 37:10; Exo 25:30; Exo 25:30 48¶And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

49And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

50And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

51So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

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Introduction to 1 Kings
by John MacArthur

Title

First and Second Kings were originally one book, called in the Hebrew text, “Kings,” from the first word in 1:1. The Greek translation of the OT, the Septuagint (LXX), divided the book in two, and this was followed by the Latin Vulgate (Vg.) version and English translations. The division was for the convenience of copying this lengthy book on scrolls and codexes and was not based on features of content. Modern Hebrew Bibles title the books “Kings A” and “Kings B.” The LXX and Vg. connected Kings with the books of Samuel, so that the titles in the LXX are “The Third and Fourth Books of Kingdoms” and in the Vg. “Third and Fourth Kings.” The books of 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings combined are a chronicle of the entire history of Judah’s and Israel’s kingship from Saul to Zedekiah. First and Second Chronicles provides only the history of Judah’s monarchy.

Author and Date

Jewish tradition proposed that Jeremiah wrote Kings, though this is unlikely because the final event recorded in the book (see 2 Kin 25:27-30) occurred in Babylon in 561 B.C. Jeremiah never went to Babylon, but to Egypt (Jer 43:1-7), and would have been at least 86 years old by 561 B.C. Actually, the identity of the unnamed author remains unknown. Since the ministry of prophets is emphasized in Kings, it seems that the author was most likely an unnamed prophet of the Lord who lived in exile with Israel in Babylon.

Kings was written between 561-538 B.C. Since the last narrated event (2 Kin 25:27-30) sets the earliest possible date of completion and because there is no record of the end of the Babylonian captivity in Kings, the release from exile (538 B.C.) identifies the latest possible writing date. This date is sometimes challenged on the basis of “to this day” statements in 1 Kin 8:8; 9:13, 20, 21; 10:12; 12:19; 2 Kin. 2:22; 8:22; 10:27; 14:7; 16:6; 17:23, 34, 41; 21:15. However, it is best to understand these statements as those of the sources used by the
author, rather than statements of the author himself.

It is clear that the author used a variety of sources in compiling this book, including “the book of the acts of Solomon” (1 Kin 11:41), “the chronicles of the kings of Israel” (1 Kin 14:19; 15:31; 16:5, 14, 20, 27; 22:39; 2 Kin. 1:18; 10:34; 13:8, 12; 14:15, 28; 15:11, 15, 21, 26, 31), and “the chronicles of the kings of Judah” (1 Kin 14:29; 15:7, 23; 22:45; 2 Kin. 8:23; 12:19; 14:18; 15:6, 36; 16:19; 20:20; 21:17, 25; 23:28; 24:5). Further, Is 36:1-39:8 provided information used in 2 Kin 18:9-20:19, and Jer 52:31-34 seems to be the source for 2 Kin 25:27-29. This explanation posits a single inspired author, living in Babylon during the Exile, using these pre-Exilic source materials at his disposal.

Background and Setting

A distinction must be made between the setting of the books’ sources and that of the books’ author. The source material was written by participants in and eyewitnesses of the events. It was reliable information, which was historically accurate concerning the sons of Israel, from the death of David and the accession of Solomon (971 B.C.) to the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem by the Babylonians (586 B.C.). Thus, Kings traces the histories of two sets of kings and two nations of disobedient people, Israel and Judah, both of whom were growing indifferent to God’s law and His prophets and were headed for captivity.

The book of Kings is not only accurate history, but interpreted history. The author, an exile in Babylon, wished to communicate the lessons of Israel’s history to the exiles. Specifically, he taught the exilic community why the Lord’s judgment of exile had come. The writer established early in his narrative that the Lord required obedience by the kings to the Mosaic law, if their kingdom was to receive His blessing; disobedience would bring exile (1 Kin 9:3-9). The sad reality that history revealed was that all the kings of Israel and the majority of the kings of Judah “did evil in the sight of the LORD.” These evil kings were apostates, who led their people to sin by not confronting idolatry, but sanctioning it. Because of the kings’ failure, the Lord sent His prophets to confront both the monarchs and the people with their sin and their need to return to Him. Because the message of the prophets was rejected, the prophets foretold that the nation(s) would be carried into exile (2 Kin 17:13-23; 21:10-15). Like every prophecy uttered by the prophets in Kings, this word from the Lord came to pass (2 Kin 17:5, 6; 25:1-11). Therefore, Kings interpreted the people’s experience of exile and helped them to see why they had suffered God’s punishment for idolatry. It also explained that just as God had shown mercy to Ahab (1 Kin 22:27-29) and Jehoiachin (2 Kin 25:27-30), so He was willing to show them mercy.

The predominant geographical setting of Kings is the whole Land of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba (1 Kin 4:25), including Transjordan. Four invading nations played a dominant role in the affairs of Israel and Judah from 971 to 561 B.C. In the tenth century B.C., Egypt impacted Israel’s history during the reigns of Solomon and Rehoboam (1 Kin 3:1; 1:14-22, 40; 12:2; 14:25-27). Syria (Aram) posed a great threat to Israel’s security during the ninth century B.C., ca 890-800 B.C. (1 Kin 15:9-22; 20:1-34; 22:1-4, 29-40; 2 Kin. 6:8-7:20; 8:7-15; 10:32, 33; 12:17-18; 13:22-25). The years from ca 800-750 B.C. were a half-century of peace and prosperity for Israel and Judah, because Assyria neutralized Syria and did not threaten to the south. This changed during the kingship of Tiglath-Pileser III (2 Kin 15:19, 20, 29). From the mid-eighth century to the late seventh century B.C., Assyria terrorized Palestine, finally conquering and destroying Israel (the northern kingdom) in 722 B.C. (2 Kin 17:4-6) and besieging Jerusalem in 701 B.C. (2 Kin 18:17-19:37). From 612 to 539 B.C., Babylon was the dominant power in the ancient world. Babylon invaded Judah (the southern kingdom) 3 times, with the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple occurring in 586 B.C. during that third assault (2 Kin 24:1-25:21).

Historical and Theological Themes

Kings concentrates, then, on the history of the sons of Israel from 971 to 561 B.C. First Kings 1:1-11:43 deals with Solomon’s accession and reign (971-931 B.C.). The two divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah (931-722 B.C.) are covered in 1 Kin 12:1; 2 Kin. 17:41. The author arranged the material in a distinctive way in that the narration follows the kings in both the N and the S. For each reign described, there is the following literary framework. Every king is introduced with: 1) his name and relation to his predecessor; 2) his date of accession in relationship to the year of the contemporary ruler in the other kingdom; 3) his age on coming to the throne (for kings of Judah only); 4) his length of reign; 5) his place of reign; 6) his mother’s name (for Judah only); and 7) spiritual appraisal of his reign. This introduction is followed by a narration of the events that occurred during the reign of each king. The details of this narration vary widely. Each reign is concluded with: 1) a citation of sources; 2) additional historical notes; 3) notice of death; 4) notice of burial; 5) the name of the successor; and 6) in a few instances, an added postscript (i.e., 1 Kin 15:32; 2 Kin. 10:36). Second Kings 18:1-25:21 deals with the time when Judah survived alone (722-586 B.C.). Two concluding paragraphs speak of events after the Babylonian exile (2 Kin 25:22-26, 27-30).

Three theological themes are stressed in Kings. First, the Lord judged Israel and Judah because of their disobedience to His law (2 Kin 17:7-23). This unfaithfulness on the part of the people was furthered by the apostasy of the evil kings who led them into idolatry (2 Kin 17:21, 22; 21:11), so the Lord exercised His righteous wrath against His rebellious people. Second, the word of the true prophets came to pass (1 Kin 13:2, 3; 22:15-28; 2 Kin. 23:16; 24:2). This confirmed that the Lord did keep His Word, even His warnings of judgment. Third, the Lord remembered His promise to David (1 Kin 11:12-13, 34-36; 15:4; 2 Kin. 8:19). Even though the kings of the Davidic line proved themselves to be disobedient to the Lord, He did not bring David’s family to an end as He did the families of Jeroboam I, Omri, and Jehu in
Israel. Even as the book closes, the line of David still exists (2 Kin 25:27-30), so there is hope for the coming “seed” of David (see 2 Sam 7:12-16). The Lord is thus seen as faithful, and His Word is trustworthy.

Interpretive Challenges

The major interpretive challenge in Kings concerns the chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah. Though abundant chronological data is presented in the book of Kings, this data is difficult to interpret for two reasons. First, there seems to be internal inconsistency in the information given. For instance, 1 Kin 16:23 states that Omri, king of Israel, began to reign in the 31st year of Asa, king of Judah, and that he reigned 12 years. But according to 1 Kin 16:29, Omri was succeeded by his son Ahab in the 38th year of Asa, giving Omri a reign of only 7
years, not 12. Second, from extrabiblical sources (Greek, Assyrian, and Babylonian), correlated with astronomical data, a reliable series of dates can be calculated from 892 to 566 B.C. Since Ahab and Jehu, kings of Israel, are believed to be mentioned in Assyrian records, 853 B.C. can be fixed as the year of Ahab’s death and 841 B.C. as the year Jehu began to reign. With these fixed dates, it is possible to work backward and forward to determine that the date of the division of Israel from Judah was ca 931 B.C., the fall of Samaria 722 B.C., and the fall of Jerusalem 586 B.C. But when the total years of royal reigns in Kings are added, the number for Israel is 241 years (not the 210 years of 931 to 722 B.C.) and Judah 393 years (not the 346 years of 931 to 586 B.C.). It is recognized that in both kingdoms there were some co-regencies, i.e., a period of rulership when two kings, usually father and son, ruled at the same time, so the overlapping years were counted twice in the total for both kings. Further, different methods of reckoning the years of a king’s rule and even different
calendars were used at differing times in the two kingdoms, resulting in the seeming internal inconsistencies. The general accuracy of the chronology in Kings can be demonstrated and confirmed.

A second major interpretive challenge deals with Solomon’s relationship to the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenants. First Kings 4:20, 21 has been interpreted by some as the fulfillment of the promises given to Abraham (cf. Gen 15:18-21; 22:17). However, according to Num 34:6, the western border of the Land promised to Abraham was the Mediterranean Sea. In 1 Kin 5:1ff., Hiram is seen as the independent king of Tyre (along the Mediterranean), dealing with Solomon as an equal. Solomon’s empire was not the fulfillment of the Land promise given to Abraham by the Lord, although a great portion of that land was under Solomon’s control. Further, the statements of Solomon in 1 Kin 5:5 and 8:20 are his claims to be the promised seed of the Davidic Covenant (cf. 2 Sam 7:12-16). The author of Kings holds out the possibility that Solomon’s temple was the fulfillment of the Lord’s promise to David. However, while the conditions for the fulfillment of the promise to David are reiterated to Solomon (1 Kin 6:12), it is clear that Solomon did not meet these conditions (1 Kin 11:9-13). In fact, none of the historical kings in the house of David met the condition of complete obedience that was to be the sign of the Promised One. According to Kings, the fulfillment of the Abrahamic and Davidic Covenants did not take place in Israel’s past, thus laying the foundation for the latter prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve) who would point Israel to a future hope under Messiah when the Covenants would be fulfilled (see Is 9:6, 7).

Outline of 1 Kings
by John MacArthur

Since the division of 1 and 2 Kings arbitrarily takes place in the middle of the narrative concerning King Ahaziah in Israel, the following outline is for both 1 and 2 Kings.

I. The United Kingdom: The Reign of Solomon (1 Kin 1:1-11:43)

A. The Rise of Solomon (1 Kin 1:1-2:46)
B. The Beginning of Solomon’s Wisdom and Wealth (1 Kin 3:1-4:34)
C. The Preparations for the Building of the Temple (1 Kin 5:1-18)
D. The Building of the Temple and Solomon’s House (1 Kin 6:1-9:9)
E. The Further Building Projects of Solomon (1 Kin 9:10-28)
F. The Culmination of Solomon’s Wisdom and Wealth (1 Kin 10:1-29)
G. The Decline of Solomon (1 Kin 11:1-43)

II. The Divided Kingdom: The Kings of Israel and Judah (1 Kin 12:1-2 Kin. 17:41)

A. The Rise of Idolatry: Jeroboam of Israel/Rehoboam of Judah (1 Kin 12:1-14:31)
B. Kings of Judah/Israel (1 Kin 15:1-16:22)
C. The Dynasty of Omri and Its Influence: The Rise and Fall of Baal Worship in Israel and Judah (1 Kin 16:23-2 Kin. 13:25)
1. The introduction of Baal worship (1 Kin 16:23-34)
2. The opposition of Elijah to Baal worship (1 Kin 17:1-2 Kin. 1:18)
3. The influence of Elisha concerning the true God (2 Kin 2:1-9:13)
4. The overthrow of Baal worship in Israel (2 Kin 9:14-10:36)
5. The overthrow of Baal worship in Judah (2 Kin 11:1-12:21)
6. The death of Elisha (2 Kin 13:1-25)
D. Kings of Judah/Israel (2 Kin 14:1-15:38)
E. The Defeat and Exile of Israel by Assyria (2 Kin 16:1-17:41)

III. The Surviving Kingdom: The Kings of Judah (2 Kin 18:1-25:21)

A. Hezekiah’s Righteous Reign (2 Kin 18:1-20:21)
B. Manasseh’s and Amon’s Wicked Reigns (2 Kin 21:1-26)
C. Josiah’s Righteous Reign (2 Kin 22:1-23:30)
D. The Defeat and Exile of Judah by Babylon (2 Kin 23:31-25:21)

IV. Epilogue: The People’s Continued Rebellion and the Lord’s Continued Mercy (2 Kin 25:22-30)

The Kings of Israel and Judah
KING	SCRIPTURE
United Kingdom
Saul	1 Samuel 9:1-31:13; 1 Chronicles 10:1-14
David	2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1:1-2:9; 1 Chronicles 11:1-29:30
Solomon	1 Kings 2:10-11:43; 2 Chronicles 1:1-9:31
Northern Kingdom (Israel)
Jeroboam I	1 Kings 12:25-14:20
Nadab	1 Kings 15:25-31
Baasha	1 Kings 15:32-16:7
Elah	1 Kings 16:8-14
Zimri	1 Kings 16:15-20
Tibni	1 Kings 16:21, 22
Omri	1 Kings 16:21-28
Ahab	1 Kings 16:29-22:40
Ahaziah	1 Kings 22:51-53; 2 Kings 1:1-18
Jehoram (Joram)	2 Kings 2:1-8:15
Jehu	2 Kings 9:1-10:36
Jehoahaz	2 Kings 13:1-9
Jehoash (Joash)	2 Kings 13:10-25
Jeroboam II	2 Kings 14:23-29
Zechariah	2 Kings 15:8-12
Shallum	2 Kings 15:13-15
Menahem	2 Kings 15:16-22
Pekahiah	2 Kings 15:23-26
Pekah	2 Kings 15:27-31
Hoshea	2 Kings 17:1-41
Southern Kingdom (Judah)
Rehoboam	1 Kings 12:1-14:31; 2 Chronicles 10:1-12:16
Abijam (Abijah)	1 Kings 15:1-8; 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
Asa	1 Kings 15:9-24; 2 Chronicles 14:1-16:14
Jehoshaphat	1 Kings 22:41-50; 2 Chronicles 17:1-20:37
Joram (Jehoram)	2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21:1-20
Ahaziah	2 Kings 8:25-29; 2 Chronicles 22:1-9
Athaliah (queen)	2 Kings 11:1-16; 2 Chronicles 22:1-23:21
Joash (Jehoash)	2 Kings 11:17-12:21; 2 Chronicles 23:16-24:27
Amaziah	2 Kings 14:1-22; 2 Chronicles 25:1-28
Uzziah (Azariah)	2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26:1-23
Jotham	2 Kings 15:32-38; 2 Chronicles 27:1-9
Ahaz	2 Kings 16:1-20; 2 Chronicles 28:1-27
Hezekiah	2 Kings 18:1-20:21; 2 Chronicles 29:1-32:33
Manasseh	2 Kings 21:1-18; 2 Chronicles 33:1-20
Amon	2 Kings 21:19-26; 2 Chronicles 33:21-25
Josiah	2 Kings 22:1-23:30; 2 Chronicles 34:1-35:27
Jehoahaz	2 Kings 23:31-33; 2 Chronicles 36:1-4
Jehoiakim	2 Kings 23:34-24:7; 2 Chronicles 36:5-8
Jehoiachin	2 Kings 24:8-16; 2 Chronicles 36:9, 10
Zedekiah	2 Kings 24:18-25:21; 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

Introduction to 1 Kings
by John MacArthur

Title

Author and Date

Background and Setting

Historical and Theological Themes

Interpretive Challenges

Outline of 1 Kings
by John MacArthur

I. The United Kingdom: The Reign of Solomon (1 Kin 1:1-11:43)

II. The Divided Kingdom: The Kings of Israel and Judah (1 Kin 12:1-2 Kin. 17:41)

III. The Surviving Kingdom: The Kings of Judah (2 Kin 18:1-25:21)

IV. Epilogue: The People’s Continued Rebellion and the Lord’s Continued Mercy (2 Kin 25:22-30)

The Kings of Israel and Judah

The 1440 Agenda

Remembering Marcy

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Introduction to 1 Kingsby John MacArthur

Title

Author and Date

Background and Setting

Historical and Theological Themes

Interpretive Challenges

Outline of 1 Kingsby John MacArthur

I. The United Kingdom: The Reign of Solomon (1 Kin 1:1-11:43)

II. The Divided Kingdom: The Kings of Israel and Judah (1 Kin 12:1-2 Kin. 17:41)

III. The Surviving Kingdom: The Kings of Judah (2 Kin 18:1-25:21)

IV. Epilogue: The People’s Continued Rebellion and the Lord’s Continued Mercy (2 Kin 25:22-30)

The Kings of Israel and Judah

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Chapters in 1 Kings

The 1440 Agenda

Introduction to 1 Kings
by John MacArthur

Outline of 1 Kings
by John MacArthur