1 Kings 14 - Introduction

XIV.

The first section of this chapter (1 Kings 14:1) concludes the first division of the book, which gives in considerable detail the history of the reign of Solomon, and the revolution, political and religious, which marked the disruption of the kingdom, The second (1 Kings 14:21) begins the short annalistic notices which make up the next division of the book, extending to the beginning of the reign of Ahab, and of the prophetic career of Elijah (1 Kings 16:29).