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# 📖 1 Kings
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of 1 Kings records the transition of Israel from the reign of David to the divided monarchy under Solomon and his successors. It highlights Solomon’s wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the temple, followed by his spiritual decline through idolatry. After Solomon’s death, the kingdom splits into Israel in the north and Judah in the south due to unfaithful leadership. The book emphasizes that obedience to God brings blessing, while rebellion leads to judgment and national downfall
#### 📚 Genre
- Historical Narrative
- Theological History
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Unknown (traditionally associated with prophetic historians, possibly Jeremiah)
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Unknown (traditionally associated with prophetic historians, possibly Jeremiah)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
> 1 Kings 9:4-5 (NET)
> “As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep my rules and my regulations, then I will establish your royal dynasty over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘There will not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.’”
## 🧭 Major Themes
- Covenant faithfulness
- Leadership and responsibility
- The danger of idolatry
- Obedience and blessing
- Disobedience and judgment
- God’s sovereignty over nations
- The role of prophets
- True versus false worship
- Spiritual compromise
- God’s enduring promises to David
## 📅 Outline of Book
- **1:1–2:46 — The Transition from David to Solomon**
- David’s final days
- Solomon’s anointing
- David’s charge
- Consolidation of Solomon’s kingdom
- **3:1–11:43 — Solomon’s Reign**
- Solomon’s wisdom
- Temple construction
- Dedication of the temple
- Solomon’s wealth and influence
- Solomon’s spiritual decline
- **12:1–14:31 — Division of the Kingdom**
- Rehoboam’s folly
- Jeroboam’s rebellion
- Golden calves
- Prophetic warnings
- **15:1–16:34 — Early Kings of Israel and Judah**
- Reigns of Abijah and Asa (Judah)
- Nadab, Baasha, Omri, Ahab (Israel)
- **17:1–22:53 — The Ministry of Elijah**
- Drought and provision
- Mount Carmel
- God’s voice at Horeb
- Ahab and Jezebel
- Naboth’s vineyard
- Micaiah’s prophecy
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[1 Kings 01]]
- [[1 Kings 02]]
- [[1 Kings 03]]
- [[1 Kings 04]]
- [[1 Kings 05]]
- [[1 Kings 06]]
- [[1 Kings 07]]
- [[1 Kings 08]]
- [[1 Kings 09]]
- [[1 Kings 10]]
- [[1 Kings 11]]
- [[1 Kings 12]]
- [[1 Kings 13]]
- [[1 Kings 14]]
- [[1 Kings 15]]
- [[1 Kings 16]]
- [[1 Kings 17]]
- [[1 Kings 18]]
- [[1 Kings 19]]
- [[1 Kings 20]]
- [[1 Kings 21]]
- [[1 Kings 22]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. Iain W. Provan, *1 and 2 Kings (NIV Application Commentary)*
2. Paul R. House, *1, 2 Kings (New American Commentary)*
3. August H. Konkel, *1 & 2 Kings (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary)*
**Interesting Insights**.
1. 1 Kings covers about 120 years of Israel’s history.
2. Solomon’s temple took seven years to build.
3. Solomon asked for wisdom instead of wealth or power.
4. The Queen of Sheba visited Solomon to test his wisdom.
5. Jeroboam set up golden calves to prevent people from worshiping in Jerusalem.
6. Elijah never died but was taken to heaven in a whirlwind (recorded in 2 Kings).
7. Ahab is considered one of Israel’s most wicked kings.
8. Jezebel promoted Baal worship throughout Israel.
9. The “still small voice” of God appears in Elijah’s experience at Horeb (1 Kings 19).
10. 1 Kings shows that spiritual decline often begins with small compromises.
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