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1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 3 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....

The assassin Shallum held on to power for a mere month before losing both crown and life to Menahem (15:13–15), whose power base was apparently in the old Israelite capital of Tirzah (15:14, 16; cf. 1 Kings 16:23–24)—probably Tell el-Farʿah, six miles northeast of Nablus.121 Tiphsah (15:16). Menahem made one last attempt to retain for Israel Solomon-like influence in the north by engaging in a campaign that took him as far north as Tiphsah on the Euphrates River (cf. 1 Kings 4:24)—an important city
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