1 Kings
Explore the people and evidence recorded for the book of 1 Kings. Entries follow their first cited passage in the selected text.
People recorded in this book 145
Recorded names may include people recalled from earlier stories. Each entry keeps its existing source identity.
King David
son of Jesse, King of Israel
Recorded names: King David · David · My servant David
Explorer record: David
Sample references (3 of 73)Open person recordAbishag
the Shunammite, David's nurse
Sample references (3 of 5)Open person recordAdonijah
fourth-born son of King David
Recorded names: Adonijah · King Adonijah
Sample references (3 of 22)Open person recordHaggith
wife (concubine?) of King David
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordAbsalom
third-born son of King David
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordAbiathar
son of Ahimelech, the priest, counselor to David
Sample references (3 of 9)Open person recordJoab
son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army
Sample references (3 of 13)Open person recordZeruiah
mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, sister of King David
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordBenaiah
over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, the fifth of "the thirty" of David's men
Sample references (3 of 14)Open person recordJehoiada
father of Benaiah, a priest
Sample references (3 of 12)Open person recordNathan
the prophet
Sample references (3 of 11)Open person recordRei
supported David when Adonijah attempted a coup
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordShimei
third-born son of Jesse brother of David
Explorer record: Shammah
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordZadok
son of Ahitub and priest during King David's reign, a mighty of valor
Sample references (3 of 11)Open person recordSolomon
son of David
Recorded names: Solomon · King Solomon
Sample references (3 of 139)Open person recordBathsheba
daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah
Sample references (3 of 7)Open person recordLORD God
Holy, Holy, Holy and too many others to fit here
Recorded names: LORD God · LORD · LORD God of Israel
Explorer record: God
The source combines God/LORD and Jesus mentions in one shared record. Names here come from the selected passages; the family tree labels that record Jesus.
Sample references (3 of 234)Open person recordJonathan
son of Abiathar the priest
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordMoses
led Israel out of Egypt in the Exodus
Sample references (3 of 4)Open person recordAbner
captain of Saul's army and Saul's uncle
Supporting ScriptureOpen person record
Events referenced in this book 53
Includes earlier events recalled in this book. Passage order and historical dates describe different aspects of the record.
Abijam's reign as king over Judah begins
Begin · 913 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureAbijam's reign as king over Judah ends*
End · 910 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureAsa's reign as king over Judah begins*
Begin · 910 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureAsa's reign as king over Judah ends
End · 869 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureNadab's reign as king over Israel ends*
End · 909 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureBaasha's reign as king over Israel begins*
Begin · 909 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureBaasha's reign as king over Israel ends*
End · 886 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureJehu's time as prophet begins*
Begin · 887 BC · Approximate date
Supporting ScriptureJehu prophesies against Baasha*
Begin · 887 BC · Approximate date
Supporting ScriptureElah's reign as king over Israel begins*
Begin · 886 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureElah's reign as king over Israel ends*
End · 885 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureZimri's reign as king over Israel begins*
Begin · 884 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureZimri's reign as king over Israel ends
End · 884 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureOmri's disputed reign began
Begin · 884 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureTibni's reign as king over Israel begins
Begin · 884 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureOmri's disputed reign ended
End · 880 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureTibni's reign as king over Israel ends*
End · 880 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureOmri's reign as king over Israel begins*
Begin · 880 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureOmri's reign as king over Israel ends*
End · 874 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureAhab's reign as king over Israel begins*
Begin · 874 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting Scripture
Places linked through referenced events 5
Reviewed places associated with the cited events. These associations do not form a complete list of places mentioned in the book or prove that every supporting verse names the place.
Egypt
Location confidence: high · regional
Supporting event evidence- Via 480-year Exodus-to-the-Temple period began · Association confidence: high
- Via 480-year Exodus-to-the-Temple period began · Association confidence: high
Jerusalem
Location confidence: high · point
Sample references (3 of 5)- Via Ahijah the Shilonite's first prophecy to Jereboam* · Association confidence: high
- Via Shishak, the King of Egypt, attacks Jerusalem* · Association confidence: high
- Via Abijam's reign as king over Judah begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Ahijah the Shilonite's first prophecy to Jereboam* · Association confidence: high
Shechem
Location confidence: high · point
Supporting event evidence- Via Rehoboam's reign as king over Judah begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Jeroboam's reign as king over Israel begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Rehoboam's reign as king over Judah begins · Association confidence: high
Shiloh
Location confidence: high · point
Supporting event evidence- Via Ahijah the Shilonite's second prophecy to Jereboam* · Association confidence: high
- Via Ahijah the Shilonite's second prophecy to Jereboam* · Association confidence: high
Tirzah
Location confidence: high · point
Supporting event evidence- Via Omri's reign as king over Israel begins* · Association confidence: high
- Via Omri's reign as king over Israel begins* · Association confidence: high



