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I & II Kings: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume offers a close reading of the historical books of First and Second Kings, concentrating on not only issues in the history of Israel but also the literary techniques of storytelling used in these books. Marvin A. Sweeney provides a major contribution to the prominent Old Testament Library series with advanced discussions of textual difficulties in the books of Kings as well as...

17 And after these things the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick, and his sickness was very severe until there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, O man of G-d? Have you come to me to punish my sins and to kill my son?” 19 He said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her breast, and brought him up into the upper level where he was staying, and laid him upon his bed. 20 And he called to YHWH, and said, “O YHWH, my G-d,
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