I am currently caught up in reading through the Bible in 90 days. We are on day 26. I am reading in 2 Kings today. I enjoy reading through Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. This is Israel’s history, and I definitely a history buff. Sometimes the kings can be a little confusing. 1 and 2 Samuel deal mostly with the first kings of Israel- Saul and David. 1 and 2 Kings tell the lines of kings in Israel and Judah (the kingdom now divided). 1 and 2 Chronicles retell Kings from a different perspective, focusing primarily on the kings of Judah, the Southern Kingdom. Many of the prophets come during the reigns of these kings.
I found this handy chart that helps to show the overlap of the kings in each kingdom and where the prophets fit in:
Chart of Kings and Prophets
I like to keep it handy to refer to it while I am reading.
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