Recommended Pre-Reading for the Minor Prophets

In order to set the stage for our study of the Minor Prophets, it will be beneficial to understand the socio-economic, spiritual and political conditions extant at the time of the prophets' ministries. This includes not only the so-called minor prophets, but also the ministries of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel as well.

Below, you will find a daily reading calendar (complete with hyperlinks to the ESV Bible online) that will take you through the historical record of the Divided Kingdom as told in the two books of Kings in two weeks.

Sunday, March 16, 2008 1 Kings 12:1-14:18
Monday, March 17, 2008 1 Kings 14:19-16:28
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1 Kings 16:29-18:46
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1 Kings 19:1-21:16
Thursday, March 20, 2008 1 Kings 21:17-2 Kings 1:18
Friday, March 21, 2008 2 Kings 2:1-4:17
Saturday, March 22, 2008 2 Kings 4:18-6:23
Sunday, March 23, 2008 2 Kings 6:24-9:13
Monday, March 24, 2008 2 Kings 9:14-11:20
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2 Kings 11:21-15:7
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2 Kings 15:8-17:23
Thursday, March 27, 2008 2 Kings 17:24-19:19
Friday, March 28, 2008 2 Kings 19:20-22:20
Saturday, March 29, 2008 2 Kings 23:1-25:30

For additional reading, you may want to reference the parallel passages in the Chronicles, or perhaps you would be interested in reading the chapters on the period of the divided kingdom through the return from Babylon in the following:

Kaiser, Walter C. Jr. A History of Israel From the Bronze Age Through the Jewish Wars.

Merrill, Eugene H. Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel.

Bright, John. A History of Israel.