The Bible Study Reading PlanSample

KINGS

AUTHOR:

The author of the two books of Kings is unknown, but many people attribute the writings to the prophet Jeremiah.

DATE:

Kings was written during the Babylonian Exile, sometime between 560-550 BC.

AUDIENCE:

Jeremiah wrote to the Jews in exile so that they would remember their roots and be able to pass their history down to their ancestors.

REASON:

The reason that Jeremiah wrote the book of Kings was to record the history of Israel and Judah and to give them a bird's-eye view of why they were exiled in the first place.

THEME:

Failing to live for God leads to judgment.

KEY VERSE:

"And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced." (2 Kings 17:7-8 ESV)

I KINGS SPLIT:

Reign of Solomon (1-11), Division of Kingdom and the Kings that Followed (12-22)

II KINGS SPLIT:

Fall of Israel and Judah (1-17), Judah into Exile (18-25)

KEY WORDS/PHRASES:

Did What Was Evil, Did What Was Right, Covenant, Sin, Disobedience