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From the tumbling walls of Jericho to a Jewish girl who became the queen of Persia, the historical books of the Bible are intriguing and unquestionably fascinating. In this companion volume to his Handbook on the Pentateuch, veteran Old Testament professor Victor Hamilton demonstrates the significance of the messages contained in these biblical books. To do so, Hamilton carefully examines...
The books of First and Second Kings cover the period of history from the reign of Solomon (970–930 B.C.) to the fall of Jerusalem and the deportation of the Judean exiles to Babylon (587/86 B.C.), that is, about four centuries of biblical history. This long period can be broken down into three segments or “acts”: Act 1: The reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1–11) Act 2: The parallel account or “split screen” account (Nelson 1998: 135) of the now divided kingdom, alternating between the story
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