1 Kings: chapter summaries

Solomon’s temple, the divided kingdom, Elijah.

22 chapters · Old Testament

1. 1 Solomon made king
2. 2 David’s charge; Solomon secures the throne
3. 3 Solomon asks for wisdom
4. 4 Solomon’s officials and wisdom
5. 5 Preparing to build the temple
6. 6 Building the temple
7. 7 Solomon’s palace and temple furnishings
8. 8 The temple dedicated
9. 9 God appears to Solomon again
10. 10 The queen of Sheba visits
11. 11 Solomon’s decline and death
12. 12 The kingdom divides
13. 13 A man of God warns Jeroboam
14. 14 Ahijah’s word to Jeroboam; Rehoboam and Shishak
15. 15 Abijam and Asa of Judah; Nadab of Israel
16. 16 Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri; Ahab begins
17. 17 Elijah, the drought and the widow’s son
18. 18 Elijah on Mount Carmel
19. 19 Elijah at Horeb
20. 20 Ahab and Ben-hadad
21. 21 Naboth’s vineyard
22. 22 Micaiah warns Ahab; Ahab dies