1 Kings
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8.1
- proper noun
- Many lessons about leadership can be drawn from the events in 1 Kings.
Examples
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Compare Exodus 25:9ff with 1 Kings 6:23-28 and 7:27-8:9.
Academic text (1997) -
The history of Israel's kings is detailed in the book of 1 Kings.
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Compare 1 Kings 11:11 and I Samuel 15:28.
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Compare 2 Samuel 12:24-25 and 1 Kings 11:1-8.
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Compare 1 Kings 7:48 with Exodus 20:24-25.
Academic text (1997) -
Even Elijah is portrayed as afraid and running "for his life." See 1 Kings 19:3, as well as the latter prophets for this general climate of fear.
Academic text (1997) -
For precisely the same phrase with similar associations, see for example, Judges 19:4ff, 2 Samuel 11:13, 1 Kings 4:20, Isaiah 22:13.
Academic text (1997) -
The account of Solomon's succession in 1 Kings implies that a significant portion of his wisdom was bequeathed to him by his father David, whose political values towards the end of his life are represented as contradicting the standards established earlier by prophetic Yahwism.
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In 1 Kings 18, the prophet Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.
Synonyms
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8.1
The first book of Kings in the Old Testament that tells the history of the kings of Israel and Judah
Surface Forms
Morphology
The numeral '1' (= one/first) signals sequence and 'kings' denotes the subject, so together they straightforwardly refer to the first book about kings. Although it is a proper book title, the meaning is compositional and follows a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
1 Kings is named because it is the first part of an older, longer book about Israel's 'kings' or rulers. When that long book was split into two parts, the first section became 1 Kings, and it contains the earlier stories of those kings.