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1 Kings in the Daily Office Lectionary

The Daily Office Lectionary appoints 1 Kings 28 times in its two-year course and 4 times on Holy Days. The course reads 18 of its 22 chapters, 7 of them in full.

Chapter by chapter

  • Year One reads chapters 1–3, 5–13, 16–19, 21–22 during the Season after Pentecost, at Morning Prayer.
  • Year Two reads chapters 3, 17, 19 during Christmas, at Morning Prayer.
1 Kings chapters: both years 3, 17, 19; Year One only 1–2, 5–13, 16, 18, 21–22; not in the two-year course 4, 14–15, 20; in part 1–2, 6–11, 13, 16, 22.
  • Year One only
  • Year Two only
  • Both years
  • Half filled: only part of the chapter
  • Not in the two-year course

When both offices have two lessons, “the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the First Reading at Evening Prayer” (BCP p. 934). This site and the app follow that rubric, so most of these lessons are heard twice: at Morning Prayer in the year listed, and at Evening Prayer on the same day in the other year.

Year One24 lessons

1 Kings in Year One of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Week of Proper 16, MondayMorning1 Kings 1:5-31980
Week of Proper 16, TuesdayMorning1 Kings 1:38–2:4980
Week of Proper 16, WednesdayMorning1 Kings 3:1-15980
Week of Proper 16, ThursdayMorning1 Kings 3:16-28980
Week of Proper 16, FridayMorning1 Kings 5:1–6:1, 7980
Week of Proper 16, SaturdayMorning1 Kings 7:51–8:21980
Week of Proper 17, SundayMorning1 Kings 8:22-30(31-40)982
Week of Proper 17, TuesdayMorning1 Kings 8:65–9:9982
Week of Proper 17, WednesdayMorning1 Kings 9:24–10:13982
Week of Proper 17, ThursdayMorning1 Kings 11:1-13982
Week of Proper 17, FridayMorning1 Kings 11:26-43982
Week of Proper 17, SaturdayMorning1 Kings 12:1-20982
Week of Proper 18, SundayMorning1 Kings 12:21-33982
Week of Proper 18, MondayMorning1 Kings 13:1-10982
Week of Proper 18, TuesdayMorning1 Kings 16:23-34982
Week of Proper 18, WednesdayMorning1 Kings 17:1-24982
Week of Proper 18, ThursdayMorning1 Kings 18:1-19982
Week of Proper 18, FridayMorning1 Kings 18:20-40982
Week of Proper 18, SaturdayMorning1 Kings 18:41–19:8982
Week of Proper 19, SundayMorning1 Kings 19:8-21984
Week of Proper 19, MondayMorning1 Kings 21:1-16984
Week of Proper 19, TuesdayMorning1 Kings 21:17-29984
Week of Proper 19, WednesdayMorning1 Kings 22:1-28984
Week of Proper 19, ThursdayMorning1 Kings 22:29-45984

Year Two4 lessons

1 Kings in Year Two of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Christmas Day and Following, Dec. 30Morning1 Kings 17:17-24941
Christmas Day and Following, Dec. 31Morning1 Kings 3:5-14941
Christmas Day and Following, Jan. 2Morning1 Kings 19:1-8941
Christmas Day and Following, Jan. 3Morning1 Kings 19:9-18941

On Holy Dayspages 996–1000, the same in both years

1 Kings on Holy Days and other occasions
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Eve of the TransfigurationEvening1 Kings 19:1-12998
Eve of Holy CrossEvening1 Kings 8:22-30999
Anniversary of the Dedication of a ChurchMorning1 Kings 8:1-131000
Anniversary of the Dedication of a ChurchEvening1 Kings 8:54-621000

Coming up

The next 12 offices on this site that read from 1 Kings:

16 more through December 31, 2027; see the calendar.