SUMMARY OF 1 KINGS

BIBLICAL PERIOD	#6 THE UNITED KINGDOM      #7 THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
FOCUS	THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL			THE DIVIDED KINGDOMS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
COVENANT	THE SINAI COVENANT [Davidic Covenant]
SCRIPTURE	1:1------------------3:1------------------9:1----------------12:1-------------------15:1----------------16:29-------22:53
DIVISION OF TEXT	David chooses Solomon as his successor	The wisdom of King Solomon	The failures of King Solomon	The Great Schism: Civil War & political and religious division of the kingdom	Histories of kings of Israel and Judah	Elijah prophet of God
TOPIC	SOLOMON			KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
	UNITED KINGDOM IN PEACE			KINGDOMS IN TURMOIL
LOCATION	JERUSALEM: Capital of United Israel			SAMARIA: Capital of Israel JERUSALEM: Capital of Judah
TIME	40 years			90 years

TIME LINE: [all dates BC]              Assyrian Empire----------------------------------------------Babylon-------Persia

UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL--------------DIVIDED KINGDOMS of Israel & Judah

c. 1147	c. 1010	c. 970	c. 930	c. 873-853	722	568	539
Saul becomes King	Death of Saul	Death of David	Death of Solomon	Elijah the Prophet	Israel destroyed by Assyria	Judah Destroyed	Persians conquer Babylon
	David - King	Solomon - King	Rehoboam - King			Begin the Exile	Return to Judah begins