Kings (kîngz), books of the OLD TESTAMENT, called First and Second Kings in the Authorized Version, where they occupy 11th and 12th place. They continue the history of 1 and 2 SAMUEL from the death of DAVID to the destruction of the southern kingdom of JUDAH (i.e., from 1000 to 560 B.C.). They include the reign of SOLOMON (1 Kings 1-11); a parallel account of the two Hebrew kingdoms (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17), including the stories of the house of AHAB and the prophets ELIJAH and ELISHA; and the end of the southern kingdom (2 Kings 18-25).