The two Books of Kings follow the monarchy to its summit under Solomon and the nation’s division, decline, and fall under Jeroboam and Rehoboam. Kings also gives an outline of the double captivity of Israel under the Assyrians and Judah under the Chaldeans.

1 Kings 19

19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.