1 Kings Topical Outline

Introduction

Chapter 1

A virgin is found to give David some heat 1:1-4

Adonijah tries to become king 1:5-10

Bathsheba makes Solomon king 1:11-43

Chapter 2

David's last words: Murder Joab and Shimei 2:1-9

Solomon kills his brother, Adonijah 2:10-25

Solomon kills Joab and Shimei 2:26-46

Chapter 3

Solomon "takes" the Pharaoh's daughter and sacrifices 1000 animals to God 3:1-4

God appears to Solomon in a dream 3:5-15

Two prostitutes and a baby 3:15-28

Chapter

All the king's men 4:1-19

Solomon was wiser than Heman 4:20-34

Chapter 5

Materials for the temple 5:1-18

Chapter 6

Solomon builds a house for God 6:1-38

Chapter 7

Solomon builds a much larger house for himself 7:1-51

Chapter 8

The ark is brought into the temple 8:1-66

Chapter 9

God threatens Solomon 9:1-9

Hiram didn't like the cities Solomon gave him
(but he gave Solomon lots of gold anyway) 9:10-28

Chapter 10

The Queen of Sheba gives Solomon gold 10:1-13

King Solomon's stuff 10:14-29

Chapter 11

Solomon's strange wives and concubines 11:1-13

God stirred up two adversaries to Solomon, Hadad and Rezon 11:14-25

God gives ten tribes to Jeroboam 11:26-40

Solomon dies 11:41-43

Chapter 12

The people of Israel rebel against Rehoboam 12:1-24

Jeroboam's golden calves 12:24-33

Chapter 13

The man of God from Judah 13:1-10

A tale of two prophets 13:11-34

Chapter 14

God kills Jeroboam's son (and promises to kill his family and descendants) 14:1-19

Sodomites and groves under every tree in Judah 14:20-31

Chapter 15

Abijam wasn't perfect like David 15:1-8

Asa was intolerant (but perfect in the eyes of the Lord) 15:9-24

Nadab did evil in the sight of the Lord 15:25-26

Baasha kills Nadab and becomes king of Israel 15:27-28

Baasha kills Jeroboam's family "according to the word of the Lord" 15:29-34

Chapter 16

God tells Jehu that he will kill Baasha's family 16:1-7

Baasha's son Elah becomes king, and is killed by Zimri 16:8-10

Zimri kills Baasha's family and friends 16:11-14

Zimri is king for a week. Then he burns to death. 16:15-20

Omri becomes king. 16:21-28

After Omri dies, his son Ahab becomes king. 16:29-34

Chapter 17

Elijah is fed by ravens 17:1-6

A widow provides for Elijah 17:7-16

Elijah and the widow's son 17:17-24

Chapter 18

Elijah talks to Obadiah about visiting Ahab 18:1-15

The light-my-fire contest (to determine whose god is God) 18:16-39

After winning the contest, Elijah kills the losers 18:40-46