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.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Books of Kings canonical 49
Book of Kings 44
1 Kings 3

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Statements (48)

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 (104)

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

Prophets → containsBook → 1 Kings ⓘ
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Prophets → containsBook → 2 Kings ⓘ
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King David → mentionedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
King Solomon → appearsIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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First Temple in Jerusalem → describedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Zedekiah → mentionedIn → 2 Kings ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
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Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → describedIn → 2 Kings 17 ⓘ
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Jehoiachin → mentionedIn → 2 Kings 25 ⓘ
subject linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah
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Kidron Valley → mentionedIn → 1 Kings ⓘ
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Kidron Valley → mentionedIn → 2 Kings ⓘ
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Tribe of Judah → mentionedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
Kings → hasPart → 1 Kings ⓘ
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Kings → alsoKnownAs → Book of Kings ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Ferdowsi → notableWork → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Ethan the Ezrahite → scripturalBookContext → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Elijah → appearsIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
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Megiddo → mentionedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Israelites → scripturalSource → Books of Kings ⓘ
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Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) → describedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Amel-Marduk → mentionedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Jebusites → mentionedInBook → Book of Kings ⓘ
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royal court of Judah → documentedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
Fast of Gedaliah → biblicalSource → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Book of 2 Kings → collectiveTitleWith → Books of Kings ⓘ
Tribe of Ephraim → mentionedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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אֵלִיָּהוּ → מופיע ב → מלכים א׳ ⓘ
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King Ahab → mentionedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
Necho II → mentionedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Jehoram of Israel → describedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
Gezer → mentionedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Sennacherib → mentionedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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QueenOfSheba → appearsIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Ephraim → mentionedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
Tribe of Benjamin → mentionedIn → Books of Kings ⓘ
subject linked to: Benjamin
Moloch → mentionedIn → Book of Kings ⓘ
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Kebra Nagast → relatedWork → Book of Kings ⓘ
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