First and Second Kings (Biblia.com)

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Old Testament scholar Terence Fretheim identifies the theology in the dramatic accounts of the books of Kings, which chronicles the reigns of more than forty kings over a period of nearly four hundred years. Interspersing theological reflections throughout, Fretheim trace’s God’s words of judgment and promise for Israel—and for us—across the entirety of Kings.

tradition, the law was read at this festival in the hearing of all the people (Deut. 31:9–13), though the narrative does not report that a reading occurred on this occasion (see v. 9). The joyfulness of this occasion for the people is particularly evident in verse 66, and it is grounded in God’s “goodness” toward them (not Solomon’s). The prayer itself (vv. 22–53) is carefully structured and formulated in such a way as to address God and the assembly and their future life situations (though second-person

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