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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....

practice of confining them for some time before deciding their fate, and this may be the case in this verse as well.417 Identical harsh treatment and meager rations are afforded a prisoner in a fourth-century liturgical text from Egypt written in Aramaic: “Let them be brought down from the dining hall to the dungeon and allotted bread and water.”418 Scale armor ▲ Mark Borisuk/www.BiblePlaces.com Between the sections of his armor (22:34). An identical scene replete with detailed relief of pierced
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