Commentary on 1 Kings – Frank Marshall

Today’s free biblical commentary is Frank Marshall’s work for schools on 1 Kings. Marshall demonstrates great skill in his pithy summaries of the reigns of the kings or Israel and Judah, which I am sure many will find helpful when teaching on the book today.

My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain book available for digtisation.

Frank Marshall [1848-1906], The First Book of Kings. The Oxford and Cambridge Edition. London: George Gill & Sons, Ltd., n.d. Hbk. pp.128. [Click here the visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  • Title
  • The Author
  • Design of the Author
  • Date
  • Sources of the Narrative
  • Scope of the Narrative
    • Solomon
    • The Character of Solomon
    • The Writings of Solomon
    • The Great Schism
    • The Kings of Israel
    • Israel and Judah
    • History of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel
    • Prophets and Prophecies
    • Elijah
    • The God’s of the Heathen
    • Foreign Nations
  • The Temple
  • The Three Temples
  • The Ark
  • Geographical Notes
  • Biographical Notes
  • Topography of Jerusalem
  • Table of the House of Judah and Israel, as in the First Book of Kings
• The First Book of Kings, Marginal and Foot Notes
• Family of Jesse to Illustrate First Book of KIngs
• Comments on the Revised Version
• Glossary
• Chronology
• Maps