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 20

20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.