The second book of Kings / commentary by J. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, J. (Joseph), 1927-

Series:

Cambridge Bible commentary

The Cambridge Bible commentary, New English Bible

Standardized Title:

Bible. 2 Kings, 2nd. English. New English. 1976.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Kings, 2nd--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Kings, 2nd.

Physical Description:

xii, 256 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Summary:

Like the other Cambridge Bible Commentary volumes, this contains an introduction followed by the text of the N.E.B. translation divided into sections. Each section of the text is followed by the commentary upon it.

Canon Robinson shows that 2 Kings is truly a continuation of the story told in the preceding historical books. 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.

Contents:

What the book is about 1

The earlier history of the Israelites 1

Samaria and Israel 2

The story told in 1 Kings 3

Ahab and Elijah 4

The influence of the prophets on the compiler of Kings 5

The deuteronomists 6

The point of view of the deuteronomists 7

The end of the two kingdoms 8

The motive for the writing of the book 9

The Deuteronomic History 10

How the book was compiled 11

The story of King Hezekiah 12

The chronology of Kings 12

The faith of the writers 13

Elisha and the end of the house of Ahab 14

Kings of Israel and Judah 106

Downfall of the northern kingdom 143

The last kings of Judah 200

Downfall of the southern kingdom 234

Appendix Measures Of Length And Extent; Measures Of Capacity; Weights And Coins 252.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: page 250.

ISBN:

0521086469 :

OCLC:

2089600