The document provides an overview of the Book of 1 Kings in the Old Testament. It discusses that 1 Kings covers the reign of Solomon and the divided kingdom after his death. It summarizes that Solomon built the Temple and displayed great wisdom, wealth, and splendor during his reign. However, he turned away from God by worshiping other gods, leading God to decree that the kingdom would be divided after Solomon's death. The document analyzes several key passages from 1 Kings regarding Solomon.

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Old Testament Survey:
Book of 1 Kings

3. Old Testament Survey:
Book of 1 Kings
Glory and Division
The wisest of the
Kings of the United
Kingdom—King
Solomon

4. The third and
final king of
the United
Kingdom

6. 1st Samuel 2nd Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings
Samuel &
Saul
David as
King
Solomon &
Divided
Kingdom
Fall of the
Divided
Kingdoms
1 Kings 1-11 1 Kings 12 - 2 Kings 17 2 Kings 18-25
Northern KingdomUnited Kingdom
under Solomon
Southern Kingdom of Judah

7. 1st Kings
The
Kingdom
United and
Divided

8. • Originally, 1 and 2 Kings formed one book
• History covered:
– Solomon’s reign (1-11)
– History of Divided Kingdom (12-22)

9. • After Solomon’s death, his son
Rehoboam came to the throne in 975 BC.
• Oppressive measures caused the ten
northern tribes to revolt and form Israel
under Jeroboam’s leadership
• 1 Kings covers 119 years--from David’s
death in 1015 BC, to the deaths of
Jehoshaphat, Judah’s fourth king, and
Ahab, Israel’s seventh king.

10. King
Solomon

11. Dan
Judah
Simeon
Reuben
GadEphraim
Manasseh
Benjamin
Zebulun
Issachar
The
Twelve
Tribes

12. United Kingdom

13. ASSYRIA
EGYPT
Solomon’s
Kingdom
Phoenicians

14. • David commands Solomon to build a house for
the Lord. (1 Kings 2:1-4)
• Solomon receives instructions for constructing
the house.
• Solomon gets some “unfinished business” to
take care of:
– Kill Joab, (for the murder of Amasa and Abner)
– Avenge the cursing of Shemei.
– Treat the family of Barzilli with kindness.
(2 Kings 2:5-9)
David’s Last Words

15. The New King’s Request
• Solomon went to the Tent of Meeting and offered
1000 burnt offerings. (1 Kings 3:3,4)
• God appeared to Solomon in a dream asking
him what he desired. (1 Kings 3:5)
• Solomon requested an “understanding heart”
to guide the people. (1 Kings 3:6-10)
• Because Solomon did not ask for personal
benefits, God gave him great wisdom like none
before or after him. (1 Kings 3:11-15)

16. Solomon Displays His Wisdom
• Two harlots disputed over a dead child.
(1 Kings 3:16-22)
• Solomon ordered the living child to be cut
in half! (1 Kings 3:23-25)
• The real mother would not allow the child
to die. (1 Kings 3:26-27)
• Israel observed Solomon’s wisdom and
judgment and feared him. (1 Kings 3:28)

18. 1 KINGS 3:16-28

19. The Wisdom &
Splendor of
Solomon

20. 1 Kings 4:25
So Judah and
Israel lived in safety,
every man under his
vine and his fig tree,
from Dan even to
Beersheba, all the
days of Solomon.
Dan 

Beersheba

21. Solomon’s Court
• Solomon’s court was extensive. The land was
divided into twelve sections, each led by a
governor. (1 Kings 4:7)
• Each section supplied food for Solomon and his
household during one month of the year.
– 30 measures of flour
– 60 measure of meal
– 10 fatted oxen
– 20 pastured oxen
– 100 sheep
– Other assorted animals (1 Kings 4:22,23)

22. Solomon’s Wealth
• Solomon had chariots.
– 40,000 stalls of horses
– 12,000 horsemen (1 Kings 4:26)
• Solomon’s navy sailed from Ezion-geber
to Ophir on a trade route; they sailed with
other ships traveling the Mediterranean to
Tarshish.

23. Solomon’s Building Projects
• It took seven years to build the Temple.
(1 Kings 5—6:1-38)
• Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent craftsmen.
(1 Kings 5:1-12)
• The workers used so much gold, silver, and
bronze in the construction, they stopped
counting it!
• When they brought in the Ark of the Covenant,
the Lord’s glory filled the temple. Solomon asked
that it be considered a special place of prayer. (1
Kings 8:10,11)

24. SOLOMON BUILDS THE TEMPLE

27. Acclamation of Solomon
1 Kings 1:32-40
 Go down to Gihon
 Solomon to ride the King’s mule

28. Temple
David’s
City
Temple

30. Solomon
The Temple

31. The Queen of Sheba Visits
• In the South, the Queen of Sheba had heard of
Solomon’s wisdom. She came asking difficult
questions and bearing gifts. (1 Kings 10)
• Solomon answered all of her questions.
• “Then she said to the king: ‘It was a true report
which I heard in my own land about your words
and your wisdom. However I did not believe the
words until I came and saw with my own eyes;
and indeed the half was not told me. Your
wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which
I heard.’” (1 Kings 10:6,7)

33. 1 Kings 11:1-2
Now King Solomon loved many foreign
women along with the daughter of Pharaoh:
Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and
Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning
which the LORD had said to the sons of
Israel, "You shall not associate with them,
neither shall they associate with you, for they
will surely turn your heart away after their
gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.

34. 1 Kings 11:3-4
And he had seven hundred wives,
princesses, and three hundred concubines,
and his wives turned his heart away. 4 For it
came about when Solomon was old, his wives
turned his heart away after other gods; and
his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD
his God, as the heart of David his father had
been.

35. 1 Kings 11:5-6
For Solomon went after
Ashtoreth the goddess
of the Sidonians and
after Milcom the
detestable idol of the
Ammonites. 6 And
Solomon did what was
evil in the sight of the
LORD, and did not
follow the LORD fully,
as David his father had
done.

36. 1 Kings 11:7-8
Then Solomon built a
high place for Chemosh
the detestable idol of
Moab, on the mountain
which is east of
Jerusalem, and for
Molech the detestable
idol of the sons of
Ammon. 8 Thus also he
did for all his foreign
wives, who burned
incense and sacrificed
to their gods.

37. IDOLS
 Ashtoreth (Also known as Aphrodite)

38. IDOLS
 Milcom – Is associated with child sacrifice.
 Milcom also known as Molech (and several
other names).

39. IDOLS
 Chemosh
 It is believed that Chemosh and Milcom
started out as the same god and became
two “denominations” in two different
nations.

40. The Decree of God’s
Judgment
 Basis for the Judgment
Now the LORD was angry with Solomon
because his heart was turned away from
the LORD, the God of Israel, who had
appeared to him twice, 10 and had
commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods;
but he did not observe what the LORD
had commanded. (1 Kings 11:9-10).

41. The Decree of God’s
Judgment
 Basis for the Judgment
So the LORD said to Solomon,
"Because you have done this, and you
have not kept My covenant and My
statutes, which I have commanded you,
I will surely tear the kingdom from you,
and will give it to your servant.(1 Kings
11:11).
 Revealing of the Judgment

42. The Decree of God’s
Judgment
 Basis for the Judgment
Nevertheless I will not do it in your days
for the sake of your father David, but I will tear
it out of the hand of your son. 13 However, I will
not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give
one tribe to your son for the sake of My
servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem
which I have chosen. (1 Kings 11:11).
 Revealing of the Judgment
 Grace Amidst the Judgment

43. 1 Kings 11:30-31
Then Ahijah took hold of the new
cloak which was on him, and tore it
into twelve pieces.
And he said to Jeroboam, “Take
for yourself ten pieces; for thus says
the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I
will tear the kingdom out of the hand
of Solomon and give you ten tribes.’”

44. 1 Samuel 15 Samuel & Saul
Saul tears Samuel’s robe and it is
used as a picture of the kingdom
being torn from Saul
1 Kings 11 Ahijah & Jeroboam
Ahijah tears his robe and gives 10
pieces to Jeroboam to illustrate how
the kingdom will be torn apart

45. CLASS DISCUSSION
 How could Solomon, in all of his wisdom, allow idol worship to
happen in Israel?
 Did Solomon not owe all that he had to the God of Israel?

46. SOLOMON’S DEATH
 I Kings 11:42 And the period that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel was forty years. 43 Then Solomon rested with his
fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And
Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
 Did Solomon die before repenting of idol worship?

47. SOLOMON
 What lessons can be learned from Solomon’s life?

48. SO WHAT?
Where does THE STORY intersect OUR
STORY?
1. Ask God for Wisdom
2. Get people around you who will help you
finish
3. Keep short accounts with God
4. Pray to finish strong

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