HARRY E. SHIELDS
OUTLINE FOR 1 AND 2 KINGS
Introduction
I. The United Kingdom under Solomon (1Kg 1:1–11:43)
A. Solomon Anointed and Establishes Kingdom (1Kg 1:1–2:46)
B. Solomon’s Wisdom, Building, and Success (1Kg 3:1–10:29)
1. Solomon Given Wisdom by the Lord (1Kg 3:1-28)
2. Solomon Wisely Organizes His Kingdom (1Kg 4:1-34)
3. Solomon’s Building Programs: The Temple and Other Structures (1Kg 5:1–8:66)
a. Solomon’s Alliance with King Hiram and Organization of Workers (1Kg 5:1-18)
b. Solomon Builds the Temple and His Palace (1Kg 6:1–7:51)
c. Solomon Dedicates the Temple (1Kg 8:1-66)
4. Solomon’s Warning from the Lord (1Kg 9:1-9)
5. Solomon’s Splendid Kingdom (1Kg 9:10–10:29)
C. Solomon’s Divided Heart and Spiritual Decline (1Kg 11:1-43)
II. The Divided Kingdom: Northern Israel and Southern Judah (1Kg 12:1–2Kg 17:41)
A. Rehoboam of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel (1Kg 12:1–14:31)
1. Rehoboam’s Reign: Foolish Choices and Their Consequences (1Kg 12:1-19)
2. Jeroboam’s Coronation as King of Israel (1Kg 12:20-24)
3. Jeroboam’s Self-Deception and Sinful Choices (1Kg 12:25-33)
4. Jeroboam, God’s Word, and Spiritual Rebellion (1Kg 13:1-34)
5. The Consequences of Jeroboam’s Disobedience (1Kg 14:1-20)
6. Rehoboam’s Reign in Judah (1Kg 14:21-31)
B. The Kings of Judah and Israel until the Fall of Israel to Assyria (1Kg 15:1–2Kg 17:41)
1. Abijam of Judah: A Bad King (1Kg 15:1-8)
2. Asa of Judah: A Good King (1Kg 15:9-24)
3. From Nadab through Omri: Increasing Spiritual Decline in Israel (1Kg 15:25–16:34)
4. Ahab and the Prophet Elijah: The Supremacy of God over Nature (1Kg 17:1–22:40)
a. Elijah and the Prophets of Baal (1Kg 17:1–18:46)
b. Elijah Fears for His Life and Is Comforted by the Lord (1Kg 19:1-21)
c. Ahab and God’s Supremacy over Military Power (1Kg 20:1-43)
d. Ahab Covets Naboth’s Vineyard and Learns of God’s Justice (1Kg 21:1-29)
e. Ahab Confronted by the Prophet Micaiah: God’s Supremacy over Plans (1Kg 22:1-40)
5. Jehoshaphat of Judah: A Good King (1Kg 22:41-50)
6. Ahaziah of Israel: Elijah, and God’s Supremacy over Health (1Kg 22:51–2Kg 1:1-18)
Kings of Israel—Northern Kingdom
Kings of Judah—Southern Kingdom
