The Expositor's Bible

First Kings

Rev. F.W. Farrar D.D., F.R.S.


Table of Contents

Title Page
Authorities Consulted
BOOK I.
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 -  THE HIGHER CRITICISM.
Chapter 2 -  THE BOOKS OF KINGS.
Chapter 3 -  THE HISTORIAN OF THE KINGS.
Chapter 4 -  GOD IN HISTORY.
Chapter 5 -  HISTORY WITH A PURPOSE.
Chapter 6 -  LESSONS OF THE HISTORY.
BOOK II.
DAVID AND SOLOMON
Chapter 7 -  DAVID'S DECREPITUDE. - 1 Kings 1:1-4
Chapter 8 -  AN EASTERN COURT AND HOME - 1 Kings 1
Chapter 9 -  ADONIJAH S REBELLION. - 1 Kings 1:5-53
Chapter 10 -  DAVID S DEATH-BED. - 1 Kings 2:1-11
Chapter 11 -  AVENGING JUSTICE. - 1 Kings 2:13-46
Chapter 12 -  THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM. - 1 Kings 3:5-28
Chapter 13 -  SOLOMON S COURT AND KINGDOM. - 1 Kings 4:1-34
Chapter 14 -  THE TEMPLE. - 1 Kings 5, 6, 7
Chapter 15 -  THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE. - 1 Kings 4:
Chapter 16 -  THE ARK AND THE CHERUBIM. - 1 Kings 6:23-30; 8:6-11
Chapter 17 -  THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL. - 1 Kings 8:1-66
Chapter 18 -  THE TEMPLE WORSHIP. - 1 Kings 8:1-11
Chapter 19 -  THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES. - 1 Kings 8:62-66; 9:25
Chapter 20 -  SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY. - 1 Kings 10:1-29
Chapter 21 -  HOLLOW PROSPERITY. - 1 Kings 11
Chapter 22 -  THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON. - 1 Kings 11:1-13
Chapter 23 -  THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND. - 1 Kings 11:14-41
Book III
THE DIVIDED KINGDOM
B.C. 937-889
Chapter 24 -  A NEW REIGN. B.C. 937 - 1 Kings 12:1-5
Chapter 25 -  THE DISRUPTION - 1 Kings 12:6-20
Chapter 26 -  "JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN." B.C. 937 -915 - 1 Kings 12:21-23
Chapter 27 -  JEROBOAM, AND THE MAN OF GOD. - 1 Kings 13:1-34
Chapter 28 -  DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF NEBAT. - 1 Kings 14:1-20
Chapter 29 -  NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH. B.C. 915-889 - 1 Kings 15:25; 16:10
Chapter 30 -  THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH. B.C. 937-851 - 1 Kings 22:41-50
Chapter 31 -  JEHOSHAPHAT. B.C. 876-851 - 1 Kings 14:21-31; 15:1-24
Chapter 32 -  THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB. B.C. 889-877
Book IV
AHAB AND ELIJAH
B.C. 877-855
Chapter 33 -  KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL. - 1 Kings 16:29-34
Chapter 34 -  ELIJAH. - 1 Kings 17:1-7
Chapter 35 -  ELIJAH AT SAREPTA. - 1 Kings 17:7-18:19
Chapter 36 -  ELIJAH AND AHAB. - 1 Kings 18:1-20
Chapter 37 -  ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL. - 1 Kings 18:20-40
Chapter 38 -  THE RAIN. - 1 Kings 18:41-46
Chapter 39 -  ELIJAH'S FLIGHT. - 1 Kings 19:1-4
Chapter 40 -  ELIJAH'S DESPAIR. - 1 Kings 19:1-10
Chapter 41 -  HOW GOD DEALS WITH DESPONDENCY. - 1 Kings 19:5-8
Chapter 42 -  THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. - 1 Kings 19:9-18
Chapter 43 -  THE CALL OF ELISHA. - 1 Kings 19:19-21
Chapter 44 -  AHAB AND BENHADAD. - 1 Kings 20:1-30
Chapter 45 -  AHAB'S INFATUATION. - 1 Kings  20:31-43
Chapter 46 -  NABOTH'S VINEYARD. - 1 Kings 21:1-29
Chapter 47 -  ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD. - 1 Kings 22:1-40
Chapter 48 -  CONCLUSION.

Appendix

CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS.