Their sins will result in conquest by the kingdom of assyria in 722 bc, to exile from their homeland, and to captivity in. Kings, or in greek, was originally a book of the former prophets in hebrew scripture. Brandes, yochi, greenspan, yardenne, greenspan, yardenne. The deuteronomistic history along with the pentateuch forms a single historical narrative stretching from creation to exile. He was most likely a prophet, because many of the historical events.
For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. It concludes the deuteronomistic history, a history of israel also comprising the books of joshua and judges and the book of samuel, which biblical commentators believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the. The book was divided into the two books of first kings and second kings in the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, and continues as such in the latin vulgate and our christian old testament of the bible. The books of 1 and 2 kings were compiled by some unknown writer from a variety of written documents, including the state chronicles.
Books of kings, two books of the hebrew bible or the protestant old testament that, together with deuteronomy, joshua, judges, and 1 and 2 samuel, belong to. This book relates the transactions from the death of saul until the end of davids reign, being a history for the space of about fortysix years. As we noted in the previous chapter, 1 and 2 kings originally comprised one book of history. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Boxs introduction supplies an overview of the authorship and date of the book, as well as an examination of the books sources. Box, then lecturer in rabbinical hebrew at kings college, london. Kings, first and second books of definition and meaning. The aim is to give you the best in creative ideas and find solutions to. It must be remembered that the division between the books of kings and samuel is equally artificial, and that in point of fact the historical books commencing with judges and ending with 2kings. The author is neither indicated in the text nor known by scholars. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries. The only historic source we have about judah and israel during the first temple period is the bible, particularly the books of joshua, judges. They will lead the people into idol worship and apostasy from yahwehs covenant.
In the books of 1 and 2 kings, nineteen evil kings from nine different dynasties rule the northern kingdom of israel. Who really wrote the biblical books of kings and the prophets. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. Listen to chuck swindoll s overview of second kings in his audio message from the classic series gods masterwork. Originally published in 1914, this book contains the revised version text of the second book of kings with critical annotations by g. The book of the kings of judah and israel was separated into the two books of i kings and ii kings in the old testament. The two books of kings, originally a single book, is the tenth of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the christian old testament. The book of kings is the ninth book of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the christian old testament. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of bible. Kings, first and second books of, originally only one book in the hebrew canon, from in the lxx.
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