TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brueggemann,Walter
TI  - 1 & 2 Kings
T2  - Smyth & Helwys Bible commentary
SN  - 9781573120654 (alk. paper)
AV  - BS1335.3 .B7894 2000
U1  - 222/.5077 23
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Macon, Ga.
PB  - Smyth & Helwys
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Kings
KW  - Commentaries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-614) and indexes; I Kings -- Solomon's rise to power -- Solomon's consolidation of power -- Beginnings as a pious, wise king -- Royal impressivenesss -- Temple preparations -- Temple construction -- The temple dedicated and made operational -- An interface of theological warning and self-congratulations -- The global economist -- When the chickens come home to roost -- An urgent politcal settlement -- Ominous prophetic insecrutability -- Rival kings, in failure and in death -- A series of undistinguished monarchs -- Northern upheavals -- Elijah, man of power for life -- Troubler of Israel -- Letdown and revival -- War, diplomacy, and prophetic zeal -- A clash over land -- Ahab's last venture -- 2 Kings -- One more, king over prophet -- A transition in prophetic authrority -- A miscalculated war -- Elisha as a transformative force -- The leprosy of Naaman, healed and reassigned -- Iron floats -- Hidden allies -- Good news amid the vagaries of war -- Land restored -- The sorry future of three kings -- A bloody, prophet-propelled revolution -- The end of the bloody reign of Jehu -- Beginning again with a child king -- The long reign of Jehoash -- Kings, prophet, and war in the north -- On Amaziah and Jereboam II -- Two Judean kings, a series of northern nondescripts -- Ahaz as a willing accomodator -- The end of the northern kingdom -- Hezakiah's reform and the Assyrian threat -- A final threat and complete deliverance -- The end of Hezekiah: the long-term end of Jerusalem -- Manasseh and his son -- Josiah, man of Torah -- The rule and death of Josiah -- Four pitiful kings -- The final humiliation -- Two proximate conclusions
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