Book Of Kings Background

First kings opens describing the final days of king david around 971 bc and the conspiracies surrounding his succession.

Book of kings background. The book of 1 kings does not specifically name its author. The story begins with a united kingdom but ends in a nation divided into 2 kingdoms known as judah and israel. The tribes of judah benjamin and some of levi were serving a pagan king in a faraway country.

The temple of god was destroyed. This page will support your studies of isaiah with some useful background to the book. The book of 1 kings was likely written between 560 and 540 b c.

1 kings is set in the ancient kingdoms of israel and judah. These books answer the questions what happened. King david king solomon rehoboam jeroboam elijah ahab and jezebel.

Books of kings two books of the hebrew bible or the protestant old testament that together with deuteronomy joshua judges and 1 and 2 samuel belong to the group of historical books deuteronomic history written during the babylonian exile c. The book was written to the people of israel and to all future readers of the bible. The tradition is that it was written by the prophet jeremiah.

The fourth book of the former prophets i and ii kings in the septuagint continues the history of the nation israel from the death of david the reign of solomon and the divided monarchy through the collapse of both israel the northern kingdom and judah the southern kingdom. Background to isaiah page 1 isaiah s ministry judah s kings. This book is the sequel to 1 and 2 samuel and begins by tracing solomon s rise to kingship after the death of david.

1 and 2 kings are combined into. When david died 1 kings 2 10 solomon ascended the throne and established himself as a strong and wise leader. 550 bc of the jews.