Solomon wrote Proverbs, Ecclisiastes, Songs of Songs
1King 14:21-31 -- Rehoboam King of Judah (2 Chronicles 12 -- Shishak attacks Jerusalem)
Rehoboam - son of Solomon's.
Shishak - king of Egypt. It was the first time for Egypt to come back after Moses' time.
Josiah (2Kings 22:1-2, 2Chronicles 35:20-25) He reforms everything, to make sure that everyone comes back to God. He was killed in the battle with Egyptian. It was an honoring death.
Esther (the only book that does not mention the name of God)
After the kingdom of Israel has been destroyed, the Persian conquered of Israel.
The King of Persians, King Xerxes, was looking for a wife to replace Vashti, the previous king who didn't obey the King (ch.1:12).
Esther's uncle, Mordecai, gave her a different name, Esther (her original name: Hadassah - ch.2:7)
Esther is famous for willing to risk her life to talk to the King to look into the situation for the Jewish people.
Job (probably lived around Abraham's time)
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