Books of Kings

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The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Book of Kings 31
Books of Kings canonical 26
1 Kings 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Deuteronomistic history
Hebrew Bible book
Old Testament book
biblical book
alsoKnownAs 1–2 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings

Kings
beginsWith reign of Solomon
canonicalOrderInChristianOldTestament after 2 Samuel
before 1 Chronicles
canonicalOrderInHebrewBible after Samuel
before Isaiah
centralTheme covenant faithfulness and unfaithfulness
role of prophets in Israel and Judah
spiritual decline leading to exile
contains accounts of idolatry and high places
accounts of temple worship in Jerusalem
prophetic oracles and miracles
endsWith Babylonian exile of Judah
linked to: Babylonian exile
evaluatesKingsBy faithfulness to Yahweh
genre historical narrative
theological narrative
hasPart 1 Kings
2 Kings
includesEvent division of the united monarchy
fall of the northern kingdom of Israel
fall of the southern kingdom of Judah
includesFigure Ahab
Elijah
Elisha
Hezekiah
Jeroboam I
Jezebel
Josiah
Nebuchadnezzar II
Solomon
linked to: King Solomon
influencedBy Deuteronomy
linked to: Book of Deuteronomy
narrativeScope from reign of Solomon to Babylonian exile
monarchies of Israel and Judah
originalLanguage Biblical Hebrew
partOf Christian Old Testament
linked to: Bible

Former Prophets
linked to: Prophets

Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Neviim
preservedIn Masoretic Text
linked to: Masorah

Septuagint
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
theologicalPerspective Deuteronomistic

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Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prophets containsBook 1 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Prophets containsBook 2 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
King David mentionedIn Books of Kings
King Solomon appearsIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
First Temple in Jerusalem describedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Zedekiah mentionedIn 2 Kings
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
linked to: Books of Kings
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel describedIn 2 Kings 17
linked to: Books of Kings
Jehoiachin mentionedIn 2 Kings 25
subject linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah
linked to: Books of Kings
Kidron Valley mentionedIn 1 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Kidron Valley mentionedIn 2 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Tribe of Judah mentionedIn Books of Kings
Kings hasPart 1 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Kings alsoKnownAs Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Kings alsoKnownAs Books of Kings
Books of Chronicles sourceMaterial Books of Kings
Books of Chronicles relatedWork Books of Kings
Books of Kings alsoKnownAs 1–2 Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Ferdowsi notableWork Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Haggith biblicalBookContext Books of Kings
Ethan the Ezrahite scripturalBookContext Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Elijah appearsIn Books of Kings
Shlomo appearsIn Books of Kings
King Davidic dynasty hasSacredText Books of Kings
King Davidic dynasty describedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Megiddo mentionedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Israelites scripturalSource Books of Kings
the Mountain of God associatedText Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) describedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Amel-Marduk mentionedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Jebusites mentionedInBook Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
royal court of Judah documentedIn Books of Kings
Fast of Gedaliah biblicalSource Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Book of 2 Kings collectiveTitleWith Books of Kings
Tribe of Ephraim mentionedIn Books of Kings
subject linked to: tribe of Ephraim
Divrei Hayamim relatedWork Books of Kings
Joab appearsIn Books of Kings
Nathan associatedWithBook Books of Kings
subject linked to: Prophet Nathan
Tarshish appearsInBook Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
אֵלִיָּהוּ מופיע ב מלכים א׳
linked to: Books of Kings
King Ahab mentionedIn Books of Kings
Necho II mentionedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Jehoram of Israel describedIn Books of Kings
Gezer mentionedIn Book of Kings
subject linked to: city of Gezer
linked to: Books of Kings
Sennacherib mentionedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
QueenOfSheba appearsIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Ephraim mentionedIn Books of Kings
Tribe of Benjamin mentionedIn Books of Kings
subject linked to: Benjamin
Moloch mentionedIn Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings
Kebra Nagast relatedWork Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings