The book of kings is simply a collection of kings from the line of David who ignored the prophets, The covenant and God’s words of wisdom. Their search for wealth and political power was a temptation too great for them to resist. Everything was working out of Israel when Solomon was king because he built a temple in the likeliness of the garden of Eden but sadly that was all he did right because everything goes downhill from there. Even endowed prophets like Elijah and Elisha could not make them the kings of Israel change their ways. It was not until the rain of Manasseh that God could not take much more and allowed Israel to be captured by Babylon. Greed and Pride are one of the strongest weapons the devil can use to make you go against the
