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1 Kings—Power, Politics, and the Hope of the World is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of 1 Kings tells the stories of 14 different kings and the power at play throughout the monarchies of ancient Israel and Judah. Designed to help modern readers—especially pastors and Bible teachers—understand and apply the message of 1 Kings to their own lives, this commentary by experienced Bible expositor John Woodhouse walks through the text verse by verse. Part of Crossway’s...

The Old Testament book we know as 1 Kings tells the story of fourteen kings who ruled over all or some of the ancient Israelite people from about 961 to 850 B.C.1 It is reasonable to ask, as we begin to read this record, why should we bother? Unless you belong to the small group of people these days who have an interest in ancient societies and their political ups and downs, why would you be interested in 1 Kings?
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