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[CONTENTS.]
| BOOK I. | |
| INTRODUCTION. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| page | |
| THE HIGHER CRITICISM | [3] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE BOOKS OF KINGS | [14] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| THE HISTORIAN OF THE KINGS | [30] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| GOD IN HISTORY | [39] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| HISTORY WITH A PURPOSE | [46] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| LESSONS OF THE HISTORY | [50] |
| BOOK II. | |
| DAVID AND SOLOMON. | |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| DAVID'S DECREPITUDE | [61] |
| 1 Kings i. 1-4. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| AN EASTERN COURT AND HOME | [70] |
| 1 Kings i. | |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| ADONIJAH'S REBELLION | [81] |
| 1 Kings i. 5-53. | |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| DAVID'S DEATH-BED | [94] |
| 1 Kings ii. 1-11. | |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| AVENGING JUSTICE | [105] |
| 1 Kings ii. 13-46. | |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM | [120] |
| 1 Kings iii. 5-28. | |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| SOLOMON'S COURT AND KINGDOM | [134] |
| 1 Kings iv. 1-34. | |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| THE TEMPLE | [149] |
| 1 Kings v., vi., vii. | |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE | [172] |
| 1 Kings vii. 13-51; viii. 12-61. | |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| THE ARK AND THE CHERUBIM | [177] |
| 1 Kings vi. 23-30; viii. 6-11. | |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL | [186] |
| 1 Kings viii. 1-66. | |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| THE TEMPLE WORSHIP | [193] |
| 1 Kings viii. 1-11. | |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES | [202] |
| 1 Kings viii. 62-66, ix. 25. | |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY | [222] |
| 1 Kings x. 1-29. | |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| HOLLOW PROSPERITY | [230] |
| 1 Kings xi. | |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON | [239] |
| 1 Kings xi. 1-13. | |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND | [250] |
| 1 Kings xi. 14-41. | |
| BOOK III. | |
| THE DIVIDED KINGDOM. | |
| B.C. 937-889. | |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| A NEW REIGN. B.C. 937 | [269] |
| 1 Kings xii. 1-5. | |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| THE DISRUPTION | [275] |
| 1 Kings xii. 6-20. | |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| "JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN." B.C. 937-915 | [286] |
| 1 Kings xii. 21-23. | |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| JEROBOAM, AND THE MAN OF GOD | [296] |
| 1 Kings xiii. 1-34. | |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF NEBAT | [302] |
| 1 Kings xiv. 1-20. | |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH. B.C. 915-889 | [309] |
| 1 Kings xv. 25; xvi. 10. | |
| CHAPTER XXX. | |
| THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH. B.C. 937-851 | [313] |
| 1 Kings xiv. 21-31; xv. 1-24. | |
| CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| JEHOSHAPHAT. B.C. 876-851 | [327] |
| 1 Kings xxii. 41-50. | |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | |
| THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB. B.C. 889-877 | [337] |
| 1 Kings xvi. 11-34. | |
| BOOK IV. | |
| AHAB AND ELIJAH. | |
| B.C. 877-855. | |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. | |
| KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL | [347] |
| 1 Kings xvi. 29-34. | |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. | |
| ELIJAH | [357] |
| 1 Kings xvii. 1-7. | |
| CHAPTER XXXV. | |
| ELIJAH AT SAREPTA | [372] |
| 1 Kings xvii. 7-xviii. 19. | |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. | |
| ELIJAH AND AHAB | [377] |
| 1 Kings xviii. 1-20. | |
| CHAPTER XXXVII. | |
| ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL | [383] |
| 1 Kings xviii. 20-40. | |
| CHAPTER XXXVIII. | |
| THE RAIN | [399] |
| 1 Kings xviii. 41-46. | |
| CHAPTER XXXIX. | |
| ELIJAH'S FLIGHT | [404] |
| 1 Kings xix. 1-4. | |
| CHAPTER XL. | |
| ELIJAH'S DESPAIR | [415] |
| 1 Kings xix. 1-10. | |
| CHAPTER XLI. | |
| HOW GOD DEALS WITH DESPONDENCY | [424] |
| 1 Kings xix. 5-8. | |
| CHAPTER XLII. | |
| THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE | [429] |
| 1 Kings xix. 9-18. | |
| CHAPTER XLIII. | |
| THE CALL OF ELISHA | [445] |
| 1 Kings xix. 19-21. | |
| CHAPTER XLIV. | |
| AHAB AND BENHADAD | [450] |
| 1 Kings xx. 1-30. | |
| CHAPTER XLV. | |
| AHAB'S INFATUATION | [463] |
| 1 Kings xx. 31-43. | |
| CHAPTER XLVI. | |
| NABOTH'S VINEYARD | [473] |
| 1 Kings xxi. 1-29. | |
| CHAPTER XLVII. | |
| ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD | [485] |
| 1 Kings xxii. 1-40. | |
| CHAPTER XLVIII. | |
| CONCLUSION | [497] |
| APPENDIX. | |
| CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS | [500] |
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