Books of Kings

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Deuteronomistic history Hebrew Bible book Old Testament book biblical book

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 (8)

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

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
Hebrew Bible book ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
biblical book ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: 1–2 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 ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian exile of Judah
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 ⓘ
King Solomon ⓘ
surface form: Solomon
influencedBy Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
surface form: Deuteronomy
narrativeScope from reign of Solomon to Babylonian exile ⓘ
monarchies of Israel and Judah ⓘ
originalLanguage Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Prophets ⓘ
surface form: Former Prophets

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Neviim ⓘ
preservedIn Masorah ⓘ
surface form: Masoretic Text

Septuagint ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
theologicalPerspective Deuteronomistic ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

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

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