Charts, maps, videos, links and more provide you with basic information to study 1 Kings.
Education materials include:
- Bird's-eye Bible Brief: 1 Kings
- Overview audio of 1 Kings from Got Questions
- Interactive 1 Kings geography map
- Overview videos of 1 Kings from The Bible Project
- Children's material and Teacher's Guides for studying 1 Kings by Calvary Curriculum
Bible Brief: 1 Kings
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Message of 1 Kings |
History of Israel's Kings and allegiance to God's Law |
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Author |
Unknown; Jeremiah, Ezra or Ezekiel? |
| Date Written | c. 550 BC |
| Key Verse(s) | 1 Kings 1:30, 9:3, 12:16, 12:28, 17:1 |
| Audience | Israel |
| Theme(s) | Demonstrate the value of obedience and the danger of disobedience |
"I vowed to you [Bathsheba]
by the Lord God of Israel, saying,
'Your son Solomon shall be king after me,
and he shall sit on my throne in my place.'"
- 1 Kings 1: 30
1 Kings Overview Audio
Author, Date, Purpose, Key Verses
Brief Summary, Connections, Practical Application
Click the icon to hear a 7:40 audio of 1 Kings summary information from Got Questions:
"The Lord said to him [Solomon],
'I have heard your prayer and your supplication,
which you have made before Me;
I have consecrated this house
which you have built by putting My name there forever,
and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.'"
-1 Kings 9: 3
1 Kings Locations
"When all Israel saw that the king [Rehoboam]
did not listen to them, the people answered the king saying,
'What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
To your tents, O Israel!
Now look after your own house, David!'
So Israel departed to their tents."
-1 Kings 12: 16
1 & 2 Kings Overview Video
1 Kings 1- 22
2 Kings 1- 25
Click the icon to watch an 8:51 video
"So the king [Jeroboam] consulted,
and made two golden calves,
and he said to them, 'It is too much for you
to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel,
that brought you up from the land of Egypt.'"
-1 Kings 12: 28
1 & 2 Kings Overview Poster from The Bible Project
Click the icon above to download the poster, which is the completed image from both videos.
Use the picture as an overview of the book as you study.
Additionally, you may use it as a coloring page for children.
"Now Elijah the Tishbite,
who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab,
'As the Lord, the God of Israel lives,
before whom I stand, surely there shall be
neither dew or rain these years, except by my word.'"
-1 Kings 17: 1
Basic Bible Building Blocks: 1 Kings
Children's material, Teacher guides, Coloring pages & more
