determinative for the fate of all Israel. The Deuteronomist developed his survey using traditional materials culled from a number of sources; these were occasionally glossed in order to accommodate them within the overall scheme of history. At key transition periods, Dtr inserted speeches (1 Kgs 2:2–4; 8:14–61), divine addresses (e.g., 1 Kgs 9:2–9; 2 Kgs 21:10–15), or third-person summaries (e.g., 2 Kgs 17:7–23) in which the authorial viewpoint finds expression: YHWH’s forbearance notwithstanding,