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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...

reports, records of legal cases and administrative state and temple archives of a kind known to have been kept by all contemporary kingdoms. The situation at the outset of Solomon’s rule is briefly covered under three headings: (a) political, (b) economic (v. 2) and (c) religious (v. 3). The outworking will be shown later by the historian, who emphasizes the part played by wisdom (see Additional note). Such wisdom is the hallmark of a just king, and his God-inspired
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