Yet Kings is not primarily an account of the political and social history of this period; the work’s focus is on Israel’s spiritual response to God, who had taken Israel into covenantal relationship with himself (2 Ki 17:7–23) and who had bestowed great privileges to the nation through the promise made to David (1 Ki 2:2–4). Accordingly, within the pages of Kings is found a detailed summary of the spiritual experiences of a people—particularly its kings, prophets, and priests, whose activities largely