Education · English source edition
1 Kings
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Solomon placed on David’s mule and anointed while Adonijah’s rival feast breaks apart
Open study →Passage study 02 · 1 Kings 3:1–28Solomon asking for an understanding heart and judging between the two women and the living child
Open study →Passage study 03 · 1 Kings 4:1–5:18The kingdom’s administration and cedar, stone, craftsmen, and labor prepared for the temple
Open study →Passage study 04 · 1 Kings 6:1–7:51The temple and palace under construction, with historically restrained materials and tools
Open study →Passage study 05 · 1 Kings 8:1–66The ark brought into the temple, cloud filling the house, Solomon praying, and the people celebrating the dedication
Open study →Passage study 06 · 1 Kings 9:1–10:29The queen of Sheba testing Solomon’s wisdom and viewing the order and abundance of his court
Open study →Passage study 07 · 1 Kings 11:1–43Solomon’s divided devotion as foreign shrines rise and adversaries emerge
Open study →Passage study 08 · 1 Kings 12:1–33Rehoboam rejecting the elders’ counsel, the kingdom dividing, and Jeroboam establishing the calves at Bethel and Dan
Open study →Passage study 09 · 1 Kings 13:1–14:31The man of God confronting the altar at Bethel and the consequences of disobeying the word he received
Open study →Passage study 10 · 1 Kings 15:1–16:34Asa removing idols while later kings deepen conflict and Ahab establishes Baal worship
Open study →Passage study 11 · 1 Kings 17:1–24Elijah by the brook with ravens, the widow sharing her last meal, and the child restored
Open study →Passage study 12 · 1 Kings 18:1–46Elijah before the people on Carmel, the drenched altar, fire consuming the offering, and the small cloud announcing rain
Open study →Passage study 13 · 1 Kings 19:1–21Elijah beneath the juniper tree, at the cave hearing the still small voice, and casting his mantle upon Elisha
Open study →Passage study 14 · 1 Kings 20:1–43Samaria under threat and Ahab repeatedly receiving victories he fails to understand faithfully
Open study →Passage study 15 · 1 Kings 21:1–29Naboth refusing to surrender his inheritance, false witnesses at the public hearing, and Elijah confronting Ahab in the vineyard
Open study →Passage study 16 · 1 Kings 22:1–53Micaiah standing alone before the kings and Ahab entering battle in disguise before his death
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Source: eBible.org · eng-kjv2006