QUEST TO UNDERSTAND ELEMENTARY SCRIPTURAL TRUTH

Kings - An Introduction

Pastor Craig R. Jarvis

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1Lest We Forget

The three things which bring hard times to the Christian: 1.
If we compare David's attitude with Araunah's attitude for giving to God, who would come out on top?
David's thoughts apparent from the census were:
Araunah's thoughts regarding the threshing floor:

Title
The books of 1 & 2 Kings were named because they contain all reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah except .
In the Hebrew O.T., 1 & 2 Kings were and were regarded as a continuation of 1 & 2 .
In the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, called these books, & "Kingdoms" (because they were a continuation of Samuel which was 1 & 2 "Kingdoms")
The title "Kings" (which every translation uses) came from Jerome's
Setting

1 & 2 Kings begins with reign and ends with reign (Judah's last King)
took the Northern Kingdom captive.
When took the Southern Kingdom captive, Zedekiah's reign was brought to an end.
Babylon's practice for country under their jurisdiction:
The books are divided into two for no other reason than they were just too
The writer of the books probably wrote from captivity in to show "what went wrong"
subjects stressed: God's to His
evils of
not history but teaching the of history
Books involved:
Oh Boy! Dates:
- Solomon begins reign
- Kingdoms divide
- Assyria takes Northern Kingdom
- Babylon takes Southern Kingdom