1 Kings starts with Solomon building a temple and ends with a kingdom split in two, and in between you get wisdom, wealth, idolatry, and a prophet calling down fire just to settle an argument. We covered all 22 chapters of the rise and the crack-up.
You’ll also see 5 episodes marked Dig Deeper below. The show’s format is an unstudied first read, reactions and all, so those episodes are where the hosts go back into a book or chapters they already covered to chase down their own questions and pick up what they missed the first time through. They’re not listener Q&A, just the hosts grading their own homework.
27 episodes (22 read-through + 5 Dig Deeper) • Chapters 1–22 (complete) • Recorded 2022
Every Episode, In Order
- 1 Kings Chapter 1
- 1 Kings Chapter 2
- 1 Kings Chapter 3
- 1 Kings Chapter 4
- 1 Kings Chapter 5
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Kings Chapters 1–5
- 1 Kings Chapter 6
- 1 Kings Chapter 7
- 1 Kings Chapter 8
- 1 Kings Chapter 9
- 1 Kings Chapter 10
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Kings Chapters 6–10
- 1 Kings Chapter 11
- 1 Kings Chapter 12
- 1 Kings Chapter 13
- 1 Kings Chapter 14
- 1 Kings Chapter 15
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Kings Chapters 11–15
- 1 Kings Chapter 16
- 1 Kings Chapter 17
- 1 Kings Chapter 18
- 1 Kings Chapter 19
- 1 Kings Chapter 20
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Kings Chapters 16–20
- 1 Kings Chapter 21
- 1 Kings Chapter 22
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Kings Chapters 21–22
Contradictions We Found in 1 Kings
Here are some of the contradictions we dug into in 1 Kings (out of 34 we cataloged):
- Are we punished for the sins of others?
- Did Asa remove the high places?
- Did Jehoshaphat remove the high places?
- How high were the pillars?
- How many overseers did Solomon have?
- How were Abijam and Asa related?
- Was Asa perfect?
- What was in the Ark of the Covenant?
- Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
- Who was Heman's father?
Browse everything we’ve covered on 1 Kings →
Keep Exploring
- Biblical Studies & Early Christianity: background and scholarship on the books we cover
- Science & Source Library: the sources behind our commentary
- Browse all Books of the Bible →
New episodes drop regularly. Find out where to listen and subscribe →
