In the second half of first Kings we have the story of king Jeroboam. Don't feel bad if you haven't heard about him, most people haven't.
He is mostly know for God's judgment being poured out upon him. In spite of this he reigns for nearly 20 years.
The last part of the book is taken up by the story of King Ahab, Queen Jezebel and the prophet Elijah. Ahab is a pretty weak king, Jezebel a grasping, power hungry queen and Elijah is a prophet of God who does not have a diplomatic bone in his body. The resulting stories really should be made into (another) Hollywood movie, the script would write itself.
My favorite of the stories is the triumph of Elijah over the priests of Baal in chapter 18.
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