OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• David and Abishag (1-4)

• Adonijah seeks the throne (5-10)

• Nathan and Bath-sheba take action (11-27)

• David orders that Solomon be anointed (28-40)

• Adonijah flees to the altar (41-53)

2

• David instructs Solomon (1-9)

• David dies; Solomon on the throne (10-12)

• Adonijah’s plot leads to his death (13-25)

• Abiathar banished; Joab killed (26-35)

• Shimei killed (36-46)

3

• Solomon marries Pharaoh’s daughter (1-3)

• Jehovah appears to Solomon in a dream (4-15)

  • Solomon asks for wisdom (7-9)

• Solomon judges between two mothers (16-28)

4

• Solomon’s administration (1-19)

• Prosperity under Solomon’s rule (20-28)

  • Security under vine and fig tree (25)

• Solomon’s wisdom and proverbs (29-34)

5

• King Hiram provides building materials (1-12)

• Solomon’s conscripted workforce (13-18)

6

• Solomon builds the temple (1-38)

  • Innermost room (19-22)

  • Cherubs (23-28)

  • Engravings, doors, inner courtyard (29-36)

  • Temple completed in about seven years (37, 38)

7

• Solomon’s palace complex (1-12)

• Skilled Hiram to assist Solomon (13-47)

  • The two copper pillars (15-22)

  • The Sea of cast metal (23-26)

  • Ten carriages and basins of copper (27-39)

• Furnishings of gold completed (48-51)

8

• The Ark brought into the temple (1-13)

• Solomon addresses the people (14-21)

• Solomon’s prayer of temple dedication (22-53)

• Solomon blesses the people (54-61)

• Sacrifices and dedication festival (62-66)

9

• Jehovah appears to Solomon again (1-9)

• Solomon’s gift to King Hiram (10-14)

• Diverse projects of Solomon (15-28)

10

• Queen of Sheba visits Solomon (1-13)

• Solomon’s great wealth (14-29)

11

• Solomon’s wives incline his heart (1-13)

• Resisters against Solomon (14-25)

• Jeroboam promised ten tribes (26-40)

• Solomon dies; Rehoboam made king (41-43)

12

• Rehoboam’s harsh reply (1-15)

• Ten tribes revolt (16-19)

• Jeroboam made king of Israel (20)

• Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (21-24)

• Jeroboam’s calf worship (25-33)

13

• Prophecy against the altar at Bethel (1-10)

  • Altar ripped apart (5)

• The man of God is disobedient (11-34)

14

• Ahijah’s prophecy against Jeroboam (1-20)

• Rehoboam reigns over Judah (21-31)

  • Shishak’s invasion (25, 26)

15

• Abijam, king of Judah (1-8)

• Asa, king of Judah (9-24)

• Nadab, king of Israel (25-32)

• Baasha, king of Israel (33, 34)

16

• Jehovah’s judgment against Baasha (1-7)

• Elah, king of Israel (8-14)

• Zimri, king of Israel (15-20)

• Omri, king of Israel (21-28)

• Ahab, king of Israel (29-33)

• Hiel rebuilds Jericho (34)

17

• The prophet Elijah foretells a drought (1)

• Elijah fed by ravens (2-7)

• Elijah visits a widow in Zarephath (8-16)

• Widow’s son dies and is raised (17-24)

18

• Elijah meets Obadiah and Ahab (1-18)

• Elijah versus the Baal prophets at Carmel (19-40)

  • ‘Limping between two opinions’ (21)

• The three-and-a-half-year drought ends (41-46)

19

• Elijah flees Jezebel’s wrath (1-8)

• Jehovah appears to Elijah at Horeb (9-14)

• Elijah to anoint Hazael, Jehu, Elisha (15-18)

• Elisha appointed to succeed Elijah (19-21)

20

• Syrians wage war against Ahab (1-12)

• Ahab defeats the Syrians (13-34)

• A prophecy against Ahab (35-43)

21

• Ahab covets Naboth’s vineyard (1-4)

• Jezebel maneuvers Naboth’s death (5-16)

• Elijah’s message against Ahab (17-26)

• Ahab humbles himself (27-29)

22

• Jehoshaphat’s alliance with Ahab (1-12)

• Micaiah’s prophecy of defeat (13-28)

  • A deceptive spirit to fool Ahab (21, 22)

• Ahab killed at Ramoth-gilead (29-40)

• Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah (41-50)

• Ahaziah king of Israel (51-53)