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    1 KINGS

    OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

    • 1

      • David and Abishag (1-4)

      • Adonijah seeks the throne (5-10)

      • Nathan and Bath-sheba take action (11-27)

      • David orders that Solomon be anointed (28-40)

      • Adonijah flees to the altar (41-53)

    • 2

      • David instructs Solomon (1-9)

      • David dies; Solomon on the throne (10-12)

      • Adonijah’s plot leads to his death (13-25)

      • Abiathar banished; Joab killed (26-35)

      • Shimei killed (36-46)

    • 3

      • Solomon marries Pharaoh’s daughter (1-3)

      • Jehovah appears to Solomon in a dream (4-15)

        • Solomon asks for wisdom (7-9)

      • Solomon judges between two mothers (16-28)

    • 4

      • Solomon’s administration (1-19)

      • Prosperity under Solomon’s rule (20-28)

        • Security under vine and fig tree (25)

      • Solomon’s wisdom and proverbs (29-34)

    • 5

      • King Hiram provides building materials (1-12)

      • Solomon’s conscripted workforce (13-18)

    • 6

      • Solomon builds the temple (1-38)

        • Innermost room (19-22)

        • Cherubs (23-28)

        • Engravings, doors, inner courtyard (29-36)

        • Temple completed in about seven years (37, 38)

    • 7

      • Solomon’s palace complex (1-12)

      • Skilled Hiram to assist Solomon (13-47)

        • The two copper pillars (15-22)

        • The Sea of cast metal (23-26)

        • Ten carriages and basins of copper (27-39)

      • Furnishings of gold completed (48-51)

    • 8

      • The Ark brought into the temple (1-13)

      • Solomon addresses the people (14-21)

      • Solomon’s prayer of temple dedication (22-53)

      • Solomon blesses the people (54-61)

      • Sacrifices and dedication festival (62-66)

    • 9

      • Jehovah appears to Solomon again (1-9)

      • Solomon’s gift to King Hiram (10-14)

      • Diverse projects of Solomon (15-28)

    • 10

      • Queen of Sheba visits Solomon (1-13)

      • Solomon’s great wealth (14-29)

    • 11

      • Solomon’s wives incline his heart (1-13)

      • Resisters against Solomon (14-25)

      • Jeroboam promised ten tribes (26-40)

      • Solomon dies; Rehoboam made king (41-43)

    • 12

      • Rehoboam’s harsh reply (1-15)

      • Ten tribes revolt (16-19)

      • Jeroboam made king of Israel (20)

      • Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (21-24)

      • Jeroboam’s calf worship (25-33)

    • 13

      • Prophecy against the altar at Bethel (1-10)

        • Altar ripped apart (5)

      • The man of God is disobedient (11-34)

    • 14

      • Ahijah’s prophecy against Jeroboam (1-20)

      • Rehoboam reigns over Judah (21-31)

        • Shishak’s invasion (25, 26)

    • 15

      • Abijam, king of Judah (1-8)

      • Asa, king of Judah (9-24)

      • Nadab, king of Israel (25-32)

      • Baasha, king of Israel (33, 34)

    • 16

      • Jehovah’s judgment against Baasha (1-7)

      • Elah, king of Israel (8-14)

      • Zimri, king of Israel (15-20)

      • Omri, king of Israel (21-28)

      • Ahab, king of Israel (29-33)

      • Hiel rebuilds Jericho (34)

    • 17

      • The prophet Elijah foretells a drought (1)

      • Elijah fed by ravens (2-7)

      • Elijah visits a widow in Zarephath (8-16)

      • Widow’s son dies and is raised (17-24)

    • 18

      • Elijah meets Obadiah and Ahab (1-18)

      • Elijah versus the Baal prophets at Carmel (19-40)

        • ‘Limping between two opinions’ (21)

      • The three-and-a-half-year drought ends (41-46)

    • 19

      • Elijah flees Jezebel’s wrath (1-8)

      • Jehovah appears to Elijah at Horeb (9-14)

      • Elijah to anoint Hazael, Jehu, Elisha (15-18)

      • Elisha appointed to succeed Elijah (19-21)

    • 20

      • Syrians wage war against Ahab (1-12)

      • Ahab defeats the Syrians (13-34)

      • A prophecy against Ahab (35-43)

    • 21

      • Ahab covets Naboth’s vineyard (1-4)

      • Jezebel maneuvers Naboth’s death (5-16)

      • Elijah’s message against Ahab (17-26)

      • Ahab humbles himself (27-29)

    • 22

      • Jehoshaphat’s alliance with Ahab (1-12)

      • Micaiah’s prophecy of defeat (13-28)

        • A deceptive spirit to fool Ahab (21, 22)

      • Ahab killed at Ramoth-gilead (29-40)

      • Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah (41-50)

      • Ahaziah king of Israel (51-53)