1 & 2 Kings: A Commentary (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary)

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\"Using Acrobat Search\" Tutorial......Page 12
1&2 Kings Commentary......Page 21
Contents......Page 27
How to Use This Commentary......Page 37
Introduction......Page 41
1 Kings......Page 49
Solomon\'s Rise to Power......Page 51
Solomon\'s Consolidation of Power......Page 65
Beginnings As a Pious, Wise King......Page 83
Royal Impressiveness......Page 97
Temple Preparations......Page 113
Temple Construction......Page 123
Temple Dedicated and Made Operational......Page 145
An Interface of Theological Warning and Self-Congratulations......Page 161
The Global Economist......Page 171
An Urgent Political Settlement......Page 193
Ominous Prophetic Inscrutability......Page 207
Rival Kings, in Failure and in Death......Page 217
A Series of Undistinguished Monarchs......Page 227
Northern Upheavals......Page 237
Elijah, Man of Power for Life......Page 247
Troubler of Israel......Page 259
Letdown and Revival......Page 273
War, Diplomacy, and Prophetic Zeal......Page 285
A Clash Over Land......Page 297
Ahab\'s Last Venture......Page 307
2 Kings......Page 321
Once More, King Over Prophet......Page 323
A Transition in Prophetic Authority......Page 333
A Miscalculated War......Page 345
Elisha As a Transformative Force......Page 359
The Leprosy of Naaman, Healed and Reassigned......Page 371
Iron Floats......Page 381
Hidden Allies......Page 385
Good News Amid the Vagaries of War......Page 393
Land Restored......Page 405
The Sorry Future of Three Kings......Page 411
A Bloody, Prophet-Propelled Revolution......Page 421
The End of the Bloody Reign of Jehu......Page 435
Beginning Again with a Child King......Page 447
The Long Reign of Jehoash......Page 459
Kings, Prophet, and War in the North......Page 467
On Amaziah and Jeroboam II......Page 479
Two Judean Kings, a Series of Northern Nondescripts......Page 491
Ahaz As a Willing Accommodator......Page 503
The End of the Northern Kingdom......Page 515
Hezekiah\'s Reform and the Assyrian Threat......Page 529
A Final Threat and Complete Deliverance......Page 545
The End of Hezekiah: The Long-Term end of Jerusalem......Page 561
Manasseh and His Son......Page 571
Josiah, Man of Torah......Page 583
The Rule and Death of Josiah......Page 593
Four Pitiful Kings......Page 607
The Final Humiliation......Page 631
Two Proximate Conclusions......Page 641
Select Bibliography......Page 651
Index of Modern Authors......Page 655
Index of Sidebars......Page 657
Index of Scriptures......Page 663
Index of Subjects Discussed......Page 673