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1 and 2 Kings: An Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Kings is a unique source for understanding the history of Israel from the last days of the united kingdom under David to the eventual fall of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Presenting Israel’s national history from a divine viewpoint, these narratives measure the kings of Israel and Judah not by the mark they leave on secular history, but by their “doing what is right in the Lord’s...

others seek it at Jiljulieh, eleven kilometres north of Bethel, since from it they went down to Bethel (‘House of God’). 3. For the company (AV ‘sons’) of the prophets see on 1 Kings 20:35; and for Bethel founded by Jacob (Gen. 28:11–19) see 1 Kings 12:29–33; 13. Elijah’s departure is imminent and foretold (vv. 3, 5). . Elijah is again linked with Moses who had used the symbol of his office, a staff, to smite the Re(e)d Sea waters in bringing God’s people out of Egypt
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