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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....

Zakkur Stele ▲ Rama/Wikimedia Commons, courtesy of the Louvre First seek the counsel of the LORD (22:5). Texts as early as the early third millennium B.C. record royal consultation with professional seers before battle. Many of the prophetic terms and procedures described in the Mari archive have close parallels in the Bible.399 This archive includes many prophetic warnings or approvals of the king’s military and political plans. A ninth-century B.C. inscription of King Zakkur of Hamath describes
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