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 5

5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;