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1 Kings recounts what happens to David’s kingdom following his death, dealing with why Judah came into the sorry state that led, eventually, to exile. Is there hope in the midst of God’s judgment on his people? John Davies shows the faithfulness of God, despite the people’s unfaithfulness, as a theme that runs throughout the book of Kings. God’s power and grace are shown to his covenant people. ...

Elijah’s challenge, ‘Have you murdered, and taken possession as well?’ has a semi-poetic quality in Hebrew and is the more memorable for it. The verb ‘murdered’ is the word used in the sixth commandment (Deut. 5:17). God’s judgment leaves no room for Ahab to shift the blame for Naboth’s death onto Jezebel alone. On ‘taken possession’ see on 21:3, 15. For the theme of the ignominy of the involvement of ‘dogs’ in cleaning up the mortal remains of royalty, cf. 14:11; 16:4; and for the fulfilment of
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