Best Commentaries on 1 Kings

CT Pastors December 1, 2025

Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We’ll be adding more in the coming months.

From David Finch

David Finch is a retired pastor, after 29 years in ministry, he is also a free-lance editor for Preaching Today.

1 and 2 Kings: An Introduction and Commentary (Volume 9) (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)

Donald J. Wiseman (Author)

IVP Academic

339 pages

$20.34

1, 2 Kings: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (Volume 8) (The New American Commentary)

Paul R. House (Author)

Broadman & Holman

432 pages

$32.22

The Expositor's Bible Commentary (Volume 4) 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job

Frank E. Gaebelein (Editor), Richard D. Patterson (Contributor), Hermann J. Austel (Contributor), J. Barton Payne (Contributor), Edwin Yamauchi (Contributor), F.B. Huey (Contributor)

Zondervan

1088 pages

$45.00

A Harmony of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles

William Day Crockett (Author)

Baker Books

384 pages

$16.87