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Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure....

kingship was intertwined with religion. While in Egypt the king himself was worshiped as divine, in Mesopotamia kingship was regarded as “one of the basic institutions of human life devised by the gods for mankind.” The opening words of the famous Sumerian King List (ca. 2100), for example, read, “When the kingship was lowered from heaven, the kingship was in Eridu.”181 The concept of divine sponsorship of kingship was foundational in the cognitive environment of the ancient Near East. Commenting
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