Hebrew Bible / 1 Kings
Hebrew Bible
- 1 Kings 2:2 - Joshua 1:6
- 1 Kings 2:3 - Psalm 119:1
- 1 Kings 3:8 - Genesis 15:5
- 1 Kings 4:21 - Genesis 15:18
- 1 Kings 4:25 - Micah 4:4
- 1 Kings 4:25 - Deuteronomy 12:10
- 1 Kings 6:3 - Zechariah 5:2
- 1 Kings 6:7 - Exodus 20:25
- 1 Kings 6:7 - Deuteronomy 27:5
- 1 Kings 6:15 - Haggai 1:4
- 1 Kings 7:21 - Psalm 29:11
- 1 Kings 8:2 - Leviticus 23:34
- 1 Kings 8:10 - Exodus 40:34
- 1 Kings 8:25 - Jeremiah 33:15
- 1 Kings 8:32 - Dueteronomy 25:1
- 1 Kings 8:51 - Deuteronomy 4:20
- 1 Kings 9:20 - Deuteronomy 7:1
- 1 Kings 10:2 - Psalm 72:15
- 1 Kings 10:2 - Isaiah 60:5
- 1 Kings 10:27 - Deuteronomy 17:16
- 1 Kings 11:3 - Deuteronomy 17:17
- 1 Kings 11:36 - Psalm 132:17
- 1 Kings 12:28 - Exodus 32:4
- 1 Kings 14:9 - Deuteronomy 5:8
- 1 Kings 14:11 - Deuteronomy 28:26
- 1 Kings 14:23 - Deuteronomy 12:2
- 1 Kings 18:37 - Malachi 4:6
- 1 Kings 19:4 - Jonah 4:3
- 1 Kings 19:11 - Exodus 33:22
- 1 Kings 21:3 - Numbers 36:7
- 1 Kings 21:10 - Deuteronomy 5:20
- 1 Kings 22:17 - Numbers 27:17
- 1 Kings 22:19 - Psalm 82:1
Deuterocanon
Pseudepigrapha
Summary
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Kings, the last book of the "Former Prophets," relates the history of Israel from the declining days of David through the beginning of the Babylonian exile. Its last verses describe the release of Jehoiachin, exiled king of Judah, from prison in Babylonia during the reign of Evil-merodach son of Nebuchadnezzar, an event dated through Babylonian sources to 562-561 BCE. The division of Kings into two books is first attested in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Bible, where it is combined with Samuel into a single four-part composition.