Summer Preview This summer, we are going to read through 1 & 2 Kings. If you read along with us last summer, you’ll remember that

1 Kings Preview 1 & 2 Kings (much like its historical predecessor 1 & 2 Samuel) were originally one long book, later divided into two

Read 1 Kings 2 David’s Charge to Solomon 2 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 “I

Read 1 Kings 3 Solomon Asks for Wisdom 3 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City

Read 1 Kings 4 Solomon’s Officials and Governors 4 So King Solomon ruled over all Israel. 2 And these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok—the priest; 3 Elihoreph

Read 1 Kings 5 Preparations for Building the Temple 5 When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father

Read 1 Kings 6 Solomon Builds the Temple 6 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, in the fourth

Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of

Read 1 Kings 7 Solomon Builds His Palace 7 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2 He built the Palace of the

Read 1 Kings 8 The Ark Brought to the Temple 8 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the

Read 1 Kings 9 The Lord Appears to Solomon 9 When Solomon had finished building the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired

Read 1 Kings 10 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she

Read 1 Kings 11 Solomon’s Wives 11 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites. 2 They were from nations about which the Lord had

Read 1 Kings 12 Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam 12 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat

Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of

Read 1 Kings 13 The Man of God From Judah 13 By the word of the Lord a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing

Read 1 Kings 14 Ahijah’s Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, 2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself,

Read 1 Kings 15 Abijah King of Judah 15 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and

Read 1 Kings 16 16 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha: 2 “I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people

Read 1 Kings 17 Elijah Announces a Great Drought 17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives,

Read 1 Kings 18 Elijah and Obadiah 18 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab,

Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of

Read 1 Kings 19 Elijah Flees to Horeb 19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So

Read 1 Kings 20 Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria 20 Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he

Read 1 Kings 21 Naboth’s Vineyard 21 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close

Read 1 Kings 22 Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab 22 For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel. 2 But in the third year Jehoshaphat king

Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of