Old Testament • 22 Chapters
1 Kings (Old Testament, 22 chapters). Key figures: David , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Zadok , Nathan , Shimei . Key places: Gihon 2 , Bahurim , Mahanaim , Jordan , Hebron , Jerusalem . Opens with: "Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat...."
1 Kings • Chapter 1 (53 verses)
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy b... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Zadok , Nathan , Gihon 2 .
1 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 1
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 6:1
1 Kings Chapter 8, Verse 22
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 8:22
Interactive Book Map • 1 Kings
Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of 1 Kings .
1 Kings Chapter 17, Verse 1
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 17:1
1 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 15
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 9:15
1 Kings Chapter 12, Verse 1
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 12:1
1 Kings • Chapter 3 (28 verses)
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt , and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David , until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. Only the people sacrificed in high plac... Mentions: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Jerusalem , Gibeon .
1 Kings Chapter 4, Verse 21
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 4:21
1 Kings Chapter 9, Verse 26
Scripture passage in 1 Kings 9:26
2 Kings Chapter 18, Verse 5
Scripture passage in 2 Kings 18:5
1 Kings • Chapter 8 (66 verses)
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel , and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel , unto king Solomon in Jerusalem , that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David , which is Zion . And all the men ... Mentions: Solomon, Jacob/Israel, David , Moses , Jerusalem , Zion , Horeb , Egypt , Hamath .
2 Kings Chapter 18, Verse 4
Scripture passage in 2 Kings 18:4
1 Kings • Chapter 5 (18 verses)
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David . And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name ... Mentions: Solomon, David, Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Lebanon , Solomon's .
1 Kings • Chapter 20 (43 verses)
And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria , and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Syria , Samaria , Aphek 2 , Damascus .
1 Kings • Chapter 2 (46 verses)
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, a... Mentions: David , Solomon , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Bahurim , Mahanaim , Jordan , Hebron , Jerusalem .
2 Kings Chapter 17, Verse 6
Scripture passage in 2 Kings 17:6
2 Kings Chapter 25, Verse 1
Scripture passage in 2 Kings 25:1
1 Kings • Chapter 15 (34 verses)
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah . Three years reigned he in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was ... Mentions: Judah , David , Rehoboam , Asa , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Kidron , Ramah 1 , Syria , Damascus .
1 Kings • Chapter 4 (34 verses)
So king Solomon was king over all Israel . And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, Elihoreph and Ahiah , the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Azariah (or Uzziah), Zadok , Ahoah (or Ahiah), Ephraim , Makaz , Shaalbim , Elon , Soco .
1 Kings • Chapter 11 (43 verses)
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites , Ammonites , Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel , Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in... Mentions: Solomon , Moabites , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , David , Moab , Jerusalem , Ammon , Jerusalem's , Edom .
1 Kings • Chapter 9 (28 verses)
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon . And the Lord said unto him, I... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Esau ( Edom ), Solomon's , Gibeon , Egypt , Tyre , Galilee .
2 Kings Chapter 14, Verse 7
Scripture passage in 2 Kings 14:7
1 Kings • Chapter 10 (29 verses)
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to ... Mentions: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , Sheba , Jerusalem , Solomon's , Ophir , Arabia .
2 Kings Chapter 2, Verse 11
Scripture passage in 2 Kings 2:11
1 Kings • Chapter 6 (38 verses)
And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel , in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. And the house ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Solomon , David , Egypt , Solomon's .
1 Kings • Chapter 22 (53 verses)
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel . And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel . And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Jehoshaphat , Judah , Zedekiah (or Matteniah ), Amon , Syria , Ramoth 3 , Gilead , Samaria , Jerusalem .
1 Kings • Chapter 12 (33 verses)
And Rehoboam went to Shechem : for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt , heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon , and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt ;) That they sent and called ... Mentions: Rehoboam , Jacob/Israel , Solomon , David , Jesse , Shechem, Egypt, Jerusalem , Ephraim , Penuel .
1 Kings • Chapter 13 (34 verses)
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the h... Mentions: Judah , David , Josiah , Samaria .