The kingship of God is a widely used Old Testament notion, even though the exact expression, “kingdom of God,” which is so common in one form or another in the New Testament, is rarely found in the protocanonical writings of the Old Testament. The closest form is malkût Yahweh, “the kingdom of the Lord” (in postexilic 1 Chr 28:5; cf. deuterocanonical Wis 10:10). a. The kingship of God was a way of expressing Yahweh’s sovereignty over humanity, indeed