Mature Believer
A Kingdom Divided.
1 and 2 Kings: from Solomon to exile.
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Why this plan
Solomon's reign, the kingdom's split into Israel and Judah, and the long decline of both into exile.
Best read after Israel's Kings, as part of one continuous history.
What you'll read
One stream, read in order.
1–2 Kings
1 Kings → 2 Kings
Week by week
The plan for the next 11 weeks.
Every reading, in the order the app gives them.
Week 11 Kings 1:1–27 – 1 Kings 4
- Day 11 Kings 1:1–27
- Day 21 Kings 1:28–53
- Day 31 Kings 2
- Day 41 Kings 3
- Day 51 Kings 4
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 21 Kings 5 – 1 Kings 8:1–21
- Day 61 Kings 5
- Day 71 Kings 6
- Day 81 Kings 7:1–12
- Day 91 Kings 7:13–51
- Day 101 Kings 8:1–21
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 31 Kings 8:22–66 – 1 Kings 12
- Day 111 Kings 8:22–66
- Day 121 Kings 9
- Day 131 Kings 10
- Day 141 Kings 11
- Day 151 Kings 12
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 41 Kings 13 – 1 Kings 17
- Day 161 Kings 13
- Day 171 Kings 14
- Day 181 Kings 15
- Day 191 Kings 16
- Day 201 Kings 17
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 51 Kings 18 – 1 Kings 22:1–28
- Day 211 Kings 18
- Day 221 Kings 19
- Day 231 Kings 20
- Day 241 Kings 21
- Day 251 Kings 22:1–28
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 61 Kings 22:29–53 – 2 Kings 4
- Day 261 Kings 22:29–53
- Day 272 Kings 1
- Day 282 Kings 2
- Day 292 Kings 3
- Day 302 Kings 4
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 72 Kings 5 – 2 Kings 9
- Day 312 Kings 5
- Day 322 Kings 6
- Day 332 Kings 7
- Day 342 Kings 8
- Day 352 Kings 9
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 82 Kings 10 – 2 Kings 14
- Day 362 Kings 10
- Day 372 Kings 11
- Day 382 Kings 12
- Day 392 Kings 13
- Day 402 Kings 14
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 92 Kings 15 – 2 Kings 19
- Day 412 Kings 15
- Day 422 Kings 16
- Day 432 Kings 17
- Day 442 Kings 18
- Day 452 Kings 19
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 102 Kings 20 – 2 Kings 24
- Day 462 Kings 20
- Day 472 Kings 21
- Day 482 Kings 22
- Day 492 Kings 23
- Day 502 Kings 24
- Rest dayReflect on the week's readings
Week 112 Kings 25 – 2 Kings 25
- Day 512 Kings 25
- Rest dayReflect on the plan you've just finished
Weekly rhythm
Five days to read. One to reflect.
Each reading day has one reading per stream. On your rest day, look back over the week. You choose your rest day in the app: Saturday, Sunday or the whole weekend. Your place only moves on when you mark a reading done, so a missed day never leaves you behind.
How to read
Read, Reflect, Respond.
The same three steps every day, in any plan. Fifteen to thirty minutes is plenty.
- 1
Read
Read slowly and on purpose, with a pen in hand. Mark the words and verses that stand out, the big words to look up, the repeated ideas, and the connecting words like therefore and because.
- 2
Reflect
Ask why you marked what you did. What did it mean to the people it was first written to? What does it mean for you today? What does it show you about God?
- 3
Respond
Turn it into prayer: thanksgiving, praise, repentance, or asking for help, using the words you marked. Optionally, write down one thing to carry into the day.
Optional, in the app
Add a companion reading.
Alongside this plan, you can add a short daily reading. Turn on any of them, or alternate the Psalm and Proverb from day to day.
Psalm of the Day
One psalm a day, working through the whole Psalter.
Proverb of the Day
One chapter of Proverbs a day, cycling every 31 days.
Gospel of the Day
This plan doesn't include a Gospel, so Gospel of the Day keeps you reading the words and works of Jesus alongside it, one Gospel at a time.
Companion readings need a free account in the Standfirm app.
When you finish
Carry on with A Kingdom Retold.
The history continues where this plan leaves off. Or choose any other plan in this stage.