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The second book of Kings / commentary by J. Robinson

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Cambridge Bible commentary, on the New English BiblePublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1976Description: xii, 256 Pages : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0521097746
  • 9780521097741
  • 0521086469
  • 9780521086462
Uniform titles:
  • Bible. Kings, 2nd. English. New English. 1976
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 222/.54/077
LOC classification:
  • BS1333 .R6 1976
Contents:
List of maps and time chart -- The footnotes to the N.E.B. text -- What the book is about -- The earlier history of the Israelites -- Samaria and Israel -- The story told in I Kings -- Ahab and Elijah -- The influence of the prophets on the compiler of Kings -- The deuteronomists -- The point of view of the deuteronomists -- The end of the two kingdoms -- The motive for the writing of the book -- The Deuteronomic History -- How the book was compiled -- The story of King Hezekiah -- The chronology of Kings -- The faith of the writers -- Appendix -- Measures of length and extent -- Measures of capacity -- weights and coins -- Index
Summary: The narrative now passes to the decline of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their territorial absorption into the empires of Assyria and Babylon. The compilers of 2 Kings attributed this downfall to the Hebrews' disregard of the prophets and of the covenant with God
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Includes bibliographical references (page 250) and index

List of maps and time chart -- The footnotes to the N.E.B. text -- What the book is about -- The earlier history of the Israelites -- Samaria and Israel -- The story told in I Kings -- Ahab and Elijah -- The influence of the prophets on the compiler of Kings -- The deuteronomists -- The point of view of the deuteronomists -- The end of the two kingdoms -- The motive for the writing of the book -- The Deuteronomic History -- How the book was compiled -- The story of King Hezekiah -- The chronology of Kings -- The faith of the writers -- Appendix -- Measures of length and extent -- Measures of capacity -- weights and coins -- Index

The narrative now passes to the decline of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their territorial absorption into the empires of Assyria and Babylon. The compilers of 2 Kings attributed this downfall to the Hebrews' disregard of the prophets and of the covenant with God

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