1st Kings 1 - Introduction ______

Pastor Rod Holler October 9, 2019 ______

1 Kings 1:1 Now king was old and stricken in 1 Chronicles 9:1 So all were reckoned by years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book heat. of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the L ORD thy God, to Jeremiah 1:2 To whom the word of the LORD came in observe to do all his commandments and his statutes the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall thirteenth year of his reign. come upon thee, and overtake thee: :42 And the time that reigned in Deuteronomy 28:49 The L ORD shall bring a nation over all Israel was forty years. against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift 1 Kings 14:21 And the son of Solomon as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old understand; when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years 2 Kings 17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the in Jerusalem, the city which the L ORD did choose out of sins of which he did; they departed not from all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his them; 23 Until the L ORD removed Israel out of his sight, mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. as he had said by all his servants the . So was 1 Kings 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto buried in the city of David. this day. 1 Kings 2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David 2 Kings 25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all :16 So when all Israel saw that the king his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, they built forts against it round about. saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: 2 Samuel 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about unto their tents. from all his enemies; 2 That the king said unto Nathan the , See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be 2 Samuel 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler 1 Kings 19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha over my people, over Israel: the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah 2 Samuel 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 1 Kings 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and 1 Kings 14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 41 And Jehoshaphat he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. year of Ahab king of Israel. 1 Kings 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and 1 Kings 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign all that he did, are they not written in the book of the over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of chronicles of the kings of Judah? Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over 1 Kings 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and Israel. all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

David rules Solomon rules 40 years 40 years Rehoboam begins his reign at age 41!

Outline of 1st Kings

I – 1st Kings 1:1-2:11 David’s last days A - 1st Kings 1:1-4 David and Abishag B - 1st Kings 1:5-37 Adonijah’s rebellion C - 1st Kings 1:38-53 Solomon is made king D - 1st Kings 2:1-9 David’s last instructions E - 1st Kings 2:10-11 David’s death

II – 1st Kings 2:12-11:43 The reign of Solomon A – 1st Kings 2:12-11:43 The good years B - 1st Kings 11:1-43 The bad years C - 1st Kings 11:41-43 The death of Solomon.

III – 1st Kings 12:1-16:34 Israel divides into 2 nations A - 1st Kings 12:1-14:31 Rehoboam (Southern) and Jeroboam (Northern) B - 1st Kings 15:1-24 Two Kings of Judah are discussed C – 1st Kings 15:25-16:34 Six Kings of Israel are discussed

IV – 1st Kings 17:1-19:21 Ministry of Elijah to the Northern Kingdom A - 1st Kings 17:1 Elijah tells Ahab of no rain B - 1st Kings 17:2-24 Elijah waits C - 1st Kings 18:1-46 Elijah confronts Ahab and the false prophets D - 1st Kings 19:1-18 Elijah flees from Jezebel E - 1st Kings 19:19-21 The call of Elisha

V - 1st Kings 20:1-22:40 The conclusion of Ahab’s life A - 1st Kings 20:1-21 Ahab defeats the Syrians B - 1st Kings 20:22-30 Ahab again defeats the Syrians C - 1st Kings 20:31-43 Ahab is rebuked for sparing Ben-Hadad D - 1st Kings 21:1-16 Ahab takes Naboth’s vineyard E - 1st Kings 21:17-29 Elijah prophesies the doom of Ahab and Jezebel F - 1st Kings 22:1-12 Ahab again fights the Syrians G - 1st Kings 22:13-28 Micaiah prophesies Ahab’s defeat H - 1st Kings 22:29-40 Ahab dies in battle

VI – 1st Kings 22:41-53 The Reign of Jehoshaphat (Judah) and Ahaziah (Israel)