1 Kings.txt

• United and Divided Kingdom
• Faithful (united) we stand; disobedient (divided) we fall.

1 Kings brings the kingdom from the height of its glory to a sudden abyss of division and decline. 1 Kings records the division of the united kingdom of Saul, David, and Solomon into two kingdoms � Israel and Judah.

• I. Kingdom United/Solomon (1 - 11)
• II. Kingdom Divided/Many Kings (12 - 22)

1 Solomon is appointed King

2 Solomon secures kingship after death of David

3 Solomon chooses wisdom and wisely judges

8 Solomon's temple dedicated

9 God's promises and warnings to Solomon

11 Solomon's demise, difficulties and death

12-14 Kingdom splits in two

15-16 Kings of Judah and Israel

17 Elijah predicts drought and raises the dead

18 Elijah on Mount Carmel

19 Elijah's flight to Horeb/Appointment of Elisha

21 Naboth's vineyard taken by Jezebel and Ahab

Solomon - Son of King David through Bathsheba; vast empire; wisest man who ever lived (next to Christ); intermarriage led to disobedience and judgment

Jeroboam - the first king of divided Israel

Rehoboam - first king of Judah; son of Solomon

Elijah - the prophet of God from Tishbe; defeated the prophets of Baal on Carmel

Jezebel - evil wife of King Ahab; worshiper of Baal, eventually eaten by dogs as prophesied.

Ahab � wicked king of Israel, married to Jezebel