Outline by Gray
- The Hebrew Empire, 1.1-11.43
- The last days of David and the accession of Solomon, 1.1-2.46
- The adoption of Solomon as heir-apparent after the final crisis in the struggle for succession, 1.1-53
- The end of David, his final charges to Solomon, and the accession of Solomon as sole king, 2.1-12
- Solomon’s purge, 2.13-46
- Solomon in all his glory, 3.1-11.43
- Solomon’s marriage with the daughter of Pharaoh, 3.1
- Editorial note on worship at high places, 3.2,3
- The divine authentication of Solomon’s succession in the dream of Gibeon, 3.4-15
- Solomon’s arbitration between two harlots, 3.16-28
- The administration of Solomon, 4.1-28
- The wisdom of Solomon, 4.29-34
- The building and dedication of the Temple, 5.1-9.9
- Solomon’s public works and enterprises, 9.10-28
- The visit of the Queen of Sheba, 10.1-13
- Miscellaneous matter regarding Solomon’s revenue, wealth and its sources, 10.14-29
- The troubles of Solomon’s reign and its end, 11.1-43
- The Divided Kingdom, I Kings 12.1 – II Kings 17.41
- The disruption of the kingdom, 12.1-24
- The rejection of Rehoboam at the assembly of Shechem, 12.1-19
- The adoption of Jeroboam as king, 12.20
- Rehoboam’s reprisals checked by prophetic intervention, 12.21-24
- Significant events of Jeroboam’s reign, 12.25-32
- Prophetic tradition of the reign of Jeroboam, 12.33-14.18
- The oracle of the man of God from Judah on the Cult of Bethel, 12.33-13.10
- The prophet of Judah and the old prophet of Bethel, 13.11-32
- Deuteronomistic epilogue on the religious policy of Jeroboam, 13.33,34
- Ahijah’s denunciation of Jeroboam and his house, 14.1-18
- Synchronistic history of Israel and Judah, 14.19-16.34
- Editorial note on the death of Jerobaom and the accession and reign of Rehoboam of Judah, 14.19-24
- The history of the reigns of Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa, kings of Judah, 14.25-15.24
- The fall of the house of Jeroboam, 15.25-32
- The rise and fall of the house of Baasha, 15.33-16.14
- The rise of the house of Omri, 16.15-34
- The reign of Ahab and the fall of the house of Omri, 17.1-11
- Elijah’s public ministry: proclamation of the great drought as a sign of YHWH’s displeasure at Ahab’s proclivity to the cult of Baal, 17.1
- Elijah’s personal experience in the great drought, 17.2-16
- The revival of the widow’s son, 17.17-24
- Elijah’s public ministry in the great dought: the ordeal on Carmel, 18.1-46
- Jezebel’s reaction, Elijah’s flight, despair, and reassurance, and the call of Elisha, 19.1-21
- Prophetic adaptation of historical narrative of the Syrian wars: incidents of the Syrian wars, 20:1-43
- The Elijah cycle, 21.1-29
- Prophetic adaptation of historical narrative of the Syrian wars, 22.1-40
- Deuteronomistic summary, with Israelite synchronism, of the reign of Jehoshaphat of Judah, and a note of the accession and reign of Ahaziah, 22.41-53
- Elijah’s denunciation of Ahaziah (II Kings 1.1, 28, 17), expanded by the tradition of the fatal attempt to arrest Elijah, II Kings 1.9-16
- Anecdotes of Elisha and historical episodes from his time, 2.1-8.29; 13.14-21
- The revolt of Jehu, 9.1-10.31
- Synchronistic history of Israel and Judah., 10.32-17.41
- Epilogue to the reiqn of Jehu and obituary notice, 10.32-36
- The reign of Athaliah and the accession of Joash, 11.1-20
- The reign of Joash, 11.21-12.21
- North Israelite history contemporary with the reign of Joash, 13.1-25
- The reign of Amaziah of Judah, 14.1-22
- The reign of Jeroboam II of Israel , 14.23-29
- The reigns of Azariah (Uzziah) and Jotham of Judah and the decline of Israel, l5.1-38
- The reign of Ahaz , 16.1-20
- The reign of Hoshea, the fall of Israel, and the Assyrian resettlement, 17.1-41
- Judah alone, 2 Kings 18.1-25.30
- The reign of Hezekiah, 18.1-20.21
- The Deuteronomistic introduction to the reign of Hezekiah, 18.1-8
- The fall of Samaria and the deportation of Israel, 18.9-11
- Deuteronomistic comment on the fate of Israel, 18.12
- Historical digest of Sennacherib’s campaign of 701 B.C., 18.13-16
- One account of Hezekiah’s defiance of Sennacherib, stimulated in his extremity by an oracle from Isaiah, 18.17-19.7
- The bridge between the two parallel accounts of Hezekiah’s defiance of Sennacherib, 19.8
- The parallel account of the Assyrian summons to Hezekiah and his reaction, encouraged by an oracle from Isaiah, 19.9-20
- A collection of typical oracles from this period, 19.21-35
- Historical comment, probably on the oracle on Sennacherib’ s withdrawal (7), 19.36-37
- lsaiah’s role in Hezekiah’s sickness, 20.1-11
- The delegation of Merodach-Baladen, 20.12-19
- The Deuteronomistic epilogue to the reign of Hezekiah, 20.20-21
- The reigns of Manasseh and Amon, 21.1-26
- The reign and reformation of Josiah, 22.1-23.30
- The reign and removal of Jehoahaz, 23.31-35
- The end of the kingdom of Judah, 23.36-25.21
- Appendixes
- Appendix I. The Mizpah incident, 25.22-26
- Appendix II. The alleviation of the lot of the captive king Jehoichin, 25.27-30