The Bible can be divided into 15 periods of Bible History. Recognizing these divisions is helpful for organizing the Bible chronologically in the mind and relating the various books to one another. The eighth of these 15 Periods is called the Period of the United Kingdom. This period extends begins with the establishment of the Kingdom under Saul and ends with the Death of Solomon (1 Samuel 12:25-1 Kings 11:43). [Saul Looses the Kingdom]