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Subpages: 1 Kings 1-11 1 Kings 12-16a 1 Kings 16b - 2 Kings 12 Kings 2-132 Kings 14-172 Kings 18-25
Subpages 2 Kings 2-13:  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Subpages 2 Kings 14-17: 14, 15, 16, 17
Subpages 2 Kings 18-25: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

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Relationship to Old Testament. The relationship of Kings to the Old Testament as a whole is discussed at Old Testament: Organization.

Story. First and Second Kings are two halves of a single lengthy book. The book of Kings consists of six major sections.

  • 1 Kings 1-11: Solomon reigns over united kingdom.
  • 1 Kings 12-16a: Rehoboam and Jeroboam I followed by seven kings.
  • 1 Kings 16b - 2 Kings 1: Ahab and Elijah.
  • 2 Kings 2-13: Elisha.
  • 2 Kings 14-17: Jeroboam II followed by seven kings, Northern Kingdom falls.
  • 2 Kings 18-25: Southern Kingdom alone.

Message. Themes, symbols, and doctrinal points emphasized in Kings include:


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A broader treatment of the history of ancient Israel, including Kings, is found at Old Testament: Historical Overview.


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Related scriptures

The relationship of Kings to other books of the Old Testament is addressed at Old Testament: Organization. (NEED TO ADD a discussion of Kings versus Chronicles).

Parallel passages

Text transmission

Joseph Smith Translation

The Joseph Smith Translation made changes to the following verses in Kings. This list is complete:[1]

  • 1 Kgs 3:1-9, 12, 14
  • 1 Kgs 11:4, 6, 33-35, 37-39
  • 1 Kgs 13:18
  • 1 Kgs 14:8
  • 1 Kgs 15:3, 5, 11-12
  • 1 Kgs 18:37
  • 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14
  • 2 Kgs 8:10


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Kings


A. Solomon reigns over united kingdom (1 Kings 1-11)

a. Prophet intervenes in royal succession (1:1-2:12a)
b. Solomon eliminates threats to his security (2:12b-46)
c. Solomon’s early loyalty and promise (3:1-15)
d. Solomon uses his gifts for the people (3:16-4:34)
e. Preparations for building the temple (5:1-18)
f. Solomon builds the temple (6:1-7:51)
f. Solomon dedicates the temple (8:1-9:10)
e. After building the temple (9:11-25)
d. Solomon uses gifts for himself (9:26-10:29)
c. Solomon’s ultimate disloyalty and punishment (11:1-13)
b. The Lord raises up threats to Solomon’s security (11:14-25)
a. Prophet determines royal succession (11:26-43)


B. Rehoboam and Jeroboam I followed by seven kings (1 Kings 12-16a)
Rehoboam and Jeroboam I (Chapters 12-14)
• Judah: Rehoboam (son of Solomon): arrogance causes ten tribes to secede and select Jeroboam, told not to attack Israel (12:1-24)
• Israel: Jeroboam: golden calves, prophet curses Jeroboam's altar, prophet refuses to eat with king but eats with prophet and killed by lion (12:25-13:34)
• Israel: Jeroboam: prophet Ahijah tells Jeroboam's wife that son will die and house will be destroyed (14:1-20)
• Judah: Rehoboam: invaded by Egypt, constant war with Israel, dies (14:21-31)
Seven kings (Chapters 15-16)
• Judah: Abijam (son of Rehoboam): wicked, war with Israel (15:1-8)
• Judah: Asa (son of Abijam): righteous, war with Israel, hires Syria to attack Israel (15:9-24)
• Israel: Nadab (son of Jeroboam): overthrown by Baasha and entire house destroyed (15:25-32)
• Israel: Baasha: wicked, told house will be destroyed like Jeroboam's (15:33-16:7)
• Israel: Elah (son of Baasha): overthrown by Zimri and entire house destroyed (16:8-14)
• Israel: Zimri: reigns seven days and overthrown by Omri (16:15-20)
• Israel: Omri: selected to succeed Zimri, wicked, builds Samaria (16:21-28)


C. Elijah and (mostly) Ahab (1 Kings 16b - 2 Kings 1)
● Idolatry and rain/prosperity (Chapters 16b-19)
Elijah in hiding from Ahab (Chapter 16b-17)
• Israel: Ahab (son of Omri): marries foreign princess (Jezebel) and institutes Baal worship (16:29-34)
• Elijah tells Ahab there will be no rain and flees to brook Cherith (17:1-7)
• Elijah sent to widow of Zarephath, her oil and corn do not fail (17:8-16)
• Elijah restores the widow's son to life (17:17-24)
Elijah publicly defeats priests of Baal (Chapter 18)
• Ahab and Obadiah seek grass to feed the animals (18:1-6)
• Elijah appears to Obadiah (18:7-16)
• Elijah has Ahab convene the priests of Baal for a contest (18:17-24)
• the priests of Baal fail to call down fire from heaven (18:25-29)
• Elijah calls down fire and slays the priests of Baal (18:30-40)
• Elijah tells Ahab that rain will return to Israel (18:41-46)
Elijah in hiding from Jezebel (Chapter 19)
• Jezebel threatens Elijah (19:1-3)
• Elijah flees, fed by angel, goes to Mount Horeb (19:4-8)
• Elijah hears the Lord in the still small voice, told to anoint successors (19:9-18)
• Elijah calls Elisha to succeed him (19:19-21)
● Justice and defense (Chapters 20-22)
Ahab spares Ben-Hadad, foreign king of Syria (Chapter 20)
• Ben-Hadad (king of Syria) seeks occasion against Israel (20:1-12)
• Ahab defeats Ben-Hadad (20:13-21)
• Ben-Hadad attacks Israel a second time (20:22-27)
• Ahab again defeats Ben-Hadad and spares his life (20:28-34)
• Ahab appointed to die, prophet disobeys and is killed by lion (20:35-43)
Jezebel murders Naboth, Israelite subject (Chapter 21)
• Naboth refuses to sell his inheritance to Ahab (21:1-4)
• Jezebel arranges for Naboth's death (21:5-14)
• Elijah says Ahab's house will be overthrown (21:15-24)
• Ahab mourns, and the overthrow is deferred to his son's generation (21:25-29)
Ahab dies in battle with Syria (Chapter 22a)
● Two other kings (Chapter 22b-1 [1 Kings 22b - 2 Kings 1])
Judah: Jehosaphat (son of Asa) (Chapter 22b / 22:41-50)
Israel: Ahaziah (son of Ahab): (Chapter 1)
• Ahaziah promotes Baal, is wounded, Elijah says he will die (22:51-1:8)
• two companies of soldiers sent to arrest Elijah are consumed by fire (1:9-12)
• third company is deferential, Ahaziah dies (1:13-18)


C. Elisha (2 Kgs 2-13)
•Elisha refuses to leave Elijah, sees him taken up to heaven in a chariot and receives a double portion of his spirit (2:1-18)
•Elisha heals the waters at Jericho (2:19-22)
•Elisha curses children who are then eaten by bears (2:23-25)
•Jehoram (another son of Ahab) begins to reign (3:1-3)


B. Jeroboam II followed by seven kings, Northern Kingdom falls (2 Kings 14-17)


A. Southern Kingdom alone (2 Kings 18-25)


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Translations

  • Amplified • The Amplified Bible, 1987 update
  • NASB • New American Standard Bible, 1995 update
  • NIV • New International Version
  • RSV • Revised Standard Version

Cited references

  • Wayment, Thomas A., ed. The Complete Joseph Smith Translation of the Old Testament, p. 136-41. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 2009. (ISBN 1606411314) BX8630.A2 2009

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Notes

Footnotes are not required but are encouraged for factual assertions that average readers cannot easily evaluate for themselves, such as the date of King Solomon’s death or the nuanced definition of a Greek word. In contrast, insights rarely benefit from footnoting, and the focus of this page should always remain on the scriptures themselves rather than what someone has said about them. Links are actively encouraged on all sections of this page, and links to authoritative sources are preferable to footnotes.

  1. Wayment, The Complete Joseph Smith Translation of the Old Testament, p. 136-41.



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