Session 11: 1-2 Kings Video: • Overview: 1 & 2 Kings (The Bible Project) Recommended Readings from the ESV Study Bible: • Introduction to 1-2 Kings (pp. 585-590) Handout from The Bible Project: • Kings Overview Poster Handouts from Dr. Parke: • Old Testament: Historical Books Chart • Old Testament History: Timeline - Slides from Dr. Parke’s Teaching • 1-2 Kings - Slides from Dr. Parke’s Teaching Handouts from ESV Study Bible: • Illustration: Jerusalem in the Time of Solomon • Map: The Extent of Solomon’s Kingdom • Diagram: Solomon’s Temple • Map: The Kingdom Divides • Chart: Evaluating the Kings of Israel and Judah in 1–2 Kings • Map: Prophets of Israel and Judah Session 11: 1-2 Kings - Page 1 of 20
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Session 11: 1-2 Kings
Video:
• Overview: 1 & 2 Kings (The Bible Project)
Recommended Readings from the ESV Study Bible:
• Introduction to 1-2 Kings (pp. 585-590)
Handout from The Bible Project: • Kings Overview Poster
Handouts from Dr. Parke:
• Old Testament: Historical Books Chart
• Old Testament History: Timeline - Slides from Dr. Parke’s Teaching
• 1-2 Kings - Slides from Dr. Parke’s Teaching
Handouts from ESV Study Bible: • Illustration: Jerusalem in the Time of Solomon
• Map: The Extent of Solomon’s Kingdom
• Diagram: Solomon’s Temple
• Map: The Kingdom Divides
• Chart: Evaluating the Kings of Israel and Judah in 1–2 Kings
• Map: Prophets of Israel and Judah
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Old Testament: Historical Books
1-2 SAMUEL 1-2 KINGS 1-2 CHRONICLES
Authorship Samuel, Nathan, Gad
(1 Chr. 29:29-30)
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 52 is an
excerpt of 2 Kings
24:18-25:30.
SEE also Talmud.
Chronicler
also responsible for
Ezra and Nehemiah
Content 1050 - 970 B.C.
last judge (Samuel)
AND first two kings
(Saul, David)
970 - 561 B.C.
last king of the
United Monarchy
(Solomon) AND the
Divided Monarchy
1050 - 538 B.C.
covers the same time
period as 1-2 Samuel
and 1-2 Kings + 2
Chronicles 36:22-23
Sources Court Records
(2 Sam. 9-20)
Court Records
(1 Kg. 1-2)--------------------------
Time Gap1 Smallest -------------------------- Greatest
Features God is THE Cause.
compare 2 Samuel
24:1 to 1 Chronicles
21:1
Evaluations of
Israelite Kings
based upon standards
in the Book of
Deuteronomy (e.g. 1
Kg. 22:41-43; 2 Kg.
21:20-22)
Northern Kingdom
kings were compared
to Jeroboam I (e.g. 2
Kg. 15:18).
Southern Kingdom
kings were compared
to David (e.g. 2 Kg.
22:2).
Secondary Causes
compare 1 Chronicles
21:1 to 2 Samuel
24:1
“David’s weaknesses
are glossed over . . .
as are the weaknesses
of other Judean kings
such as Manasseh.
Much attention is
given to genealogies
and to the activities
of the priests and
other Temple
officials.”2
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The time between an event occurring and that event being written down.1
John Tullock, Old Testament Story, 130.2
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SLIDE 1
SLIDE 2
SLIDE 3
Old Testament History: TimelineSlides from Dr. Parke’s Teachings
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SLIDE 4
SLIDE 5
Old Testament History: TimelineSlides from Dr. Parke’s Teachings
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SLIDE 1
SLIDE 2
SLIDE 3
1-2 KingsSlides from Dr. Parke’s Teachings
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SLIDE 4
SLIDE 5
SLIDE 6
1-2 KingsSlides from Dr. Parke’s Teachings
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1-2 KingsSlides from Dr. Parke’s Teachings
SLIDE 7
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Jerusalem in the Time of Solomon From the ESV Study Bible
c. 970–930 B.C.
David commanded his son Solomon to build a new temple. This work took seven years, followed by 13
years of building an adjacent royal complex (1 Kings 6:38; 7:1). As this quarter was located outside and
north of the original city of David, new city walls must have been built to connect the two areas.
Built atop Mount Moriah (2 Chron. 3:1), Solomon’s temple was Israel’s first permanent sanctuary. The
royal complex immediately to the south of the temple (see also Solomon’s Temple and Palace Complex)
consisted of Solomon’s own palace and a smaller house for his Egyptian wife (1 Kings 7:8), an armory
called the “House of the Forest of Lebanon” (vv. 2–5), a Hall of Pillars (v. 6), and a Hall of the Throne (v.
7). A special “Ascent” connected this complex with the temple.
The area between the temple complex and the city of David was called the Ophel.
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The Extent of Solomon’s Kingdom From the ESV Study Bible
c. 971–931 B.C.
Solomon’s reign marked the zenith of Israel’s power and wealth in biblical times. His father David had
bestowed upon him a kingdom that included Edom, Moab, Ammon, Syria, and Zobah. Solomon would
later bring the kingdom of Hamath-zobah under his dominion as well, and his marriage to Pharaoh’s
daughter sealed an alliance with Egypt. His expansive kingdom controlled important trade routes
between several major world powers, including Egypt, Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia (Asia Minor).
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The Kingdom Divides From the ESV Study Bible
931 B.C.
When Solomon’s son Rehoboam arrived at Shechem for his coronation after his father’s death, he
refused to lighten his father’s heavy tax burden on the people, and the 10 northern tribes revolted and
set up Jeroboam as their king. The northern kingdom would now be known as Israel and the southern
kingdom as Judah. Five years later, Shishak (also called Sheshonq) king of Egypt invaded Judah and
Israel and captured a number of towns. Rehoboam avoided Jerusalem’s destruction by paying off
Shishak with many of the treasures Solomon had placed in the temple.
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Evaluating Kings of Israel and Judah in 1–2 Kings From the ESV Study Bible
