The books of Kings.

Counted among the prophets.


Attributed author(s).
Anonymous.
Jeremiah.

Text(s) available.
None on site.
CCEL: 1 Kings and 2 Kings (Hebrew only).
Swete LXX (Greek only).
Bible Gateway (English only).
HTML Bible:

1 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (Hebrew and English).
2 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (Hebrew and English).
HTML Bible:
1 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (Latin Vulgate only).
2 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (Latin Vulgate only).
Zhubert (Greek and English).
Kata Pi BHS:
1 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (Hebrew and English).
2 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (Hebrew and English).
Kata Pi LXX:
3 Kingdoms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (Greek and English).
4 Kingdoms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (Greek and English).
Sacred Texts:
1 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (polyglot).
2 Kings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (polyglot).

Useful links.
1 and 2 Kings at the OT Gateway.
1 and 2 Kings in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
1 and 2 Kings at Kata Pi (Oesterly and Robinson).
1 Kings and 2 Kings from the Plymouth Brethren.

The books of Kings are counted as historical books in our English Bibles, but in the Jewish scriptures they are ranked among the former prophets.

The books were originally written in Hebrew, but the ancient Greek translation known as the Septuagint (abbreviated LXX) is also a very important witness to the text. These books in the LXX bear the titles of 3 and 4 Kingdoms (and 1 and 2 Samuel bear the titles of 1 and 2 Kingdoms).