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1 & 2 Kings: An Introduction and Survey

1 & 2 Kings: An Introduction and Survey

Hardcover

Series: Apollos Old Testament Commentary, Book 9

Religion General Bible Studies

Publisher Price: $56.00

ISBN10: 1783590319
ISBN13: 9781783590315
Publisher: Apollos
Published: Feb 20 2014
Pages: 592
Weight: 2.25
Height: 1.81 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The books of 1 and 2 Kings cover the history of Israel from the last days of the united kingdom under David to the eventual fall of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.


Within these books, the deuteronomic code - 'doing what is right in the Lord's sight' - provides a framework by which monarchic history is measured. In the kings' cultic failures lies the apostasy of the nation and its eventual exile. This apostasy centres on Israel's commitment to worship YHWH exclusively, and to worship according to deuteronomistic norms within the Jerusalem temple as the locus of YHWH's covenant presence. To safeguard the kings' commitments, YHWH's prophets loom large in 1 and 2 Kings: they herald YHWH's purposes, warn of his judgment for apostasy and woo his people back to the full experience of covenant life.

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