However , it was divided into two books by the translators of the Septuagint ( the Greek translation of the Old Testament ) , and so it was written as 1 and 2 Kings by the Latin translation and many other versions .
The division of this work into two books was introduced by the translators of the Septuagint ( the Greek translation of the Old Testament ) , and was subsequently followed in the Latin Vulgate and most modern translations .