Kings

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Kings is a biblical book in the Hebrew Bible that narrates the history of the Israelite monarchies from Solomon through the fall of Jerusalem.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical book
book of the Hebrew Bible
historical book of the Bible
alsoKnownAs Books of Kings
surface form: "Book of Kings"

Books of Kings
canonicalStatus canonical scripture
centralTheme centralization of worship in Jerusalem
covenant faithfulness
judgment for idolatry
legitimacy of Davidic dynasty
coversEvent Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
surface form: "Assyrian conquest of Israel"

Babylonian exile
surface form: "Babylonian conquest of Judah"

destruction of the First Temple
division of the united monarchy
fall of Samaria
history of the northern kingdom of Israel
history of the southern kingdom of Judah
reign of King Solomon
dateOfComposition First Temple period and exilic period (traditional scholarly view)
followsWork Samuel
genre historical narrative
theological history
hasPart Books of Kings
surface form: "1 Kings"

Book of 2 Kings
surface form: "2 Kings"
literaryFeature regnal formulas for kings of Israel and Judah
mentionsFigure Ahab
Hezekiah
Jeroboam I
Jezebel
Josiah
Nebuchadnezzar II
Rehoboam
Solomon GENERATED
mentionsProphet Elijah GENERATED
Elisha
Huldah
Isaiah
narrativeEnd fall of Jerusalem GENERATED
narrativeScope history of the Israelite monarchies
narrativeStart reign of Solomon GENERATED
originalLanguage Biblical Hebrew
partOf Bible
surface form: "Christian Old Testament"

Prophets
surface form: "Former Prophets"

Tanakh
surface form: "Hebrew Bible"

Neviim
positionInHebrewBible fourth book of the Former Prophets
precedesWork Isaiah GENERATED
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
structure two-volume work in most Christian Bibles
theologicalEmphasis evaluation of kings according to fidelity to YHWH

Referenced by (4)

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

Neviim contains Kings
Kings River namedFor Kings
Chronicles relatedTo Kings