![]() ![]() We should note the two large cycles of traditions which grew up around Judgment is passed on Ahaziah's reign but the details are given only later, inĢ Kings. Of Israel from the last days and death of David to the accession in Samaria ofĪhaziah, son of Ahab, near the end of the reign of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. Probably shortly after Jehoiachin was released from his Babylonian prison ( 561 B.C.). and 597 B.C., and the second, final edition during the Exile Would not be inappropriate to entitle the Books of Kings "The Rise andĬomplexity of the process by which this material was transmitted for manyĬenturies, one may speak of two editions of the Books: the first at some timeīetween 621 B.C. Since this is basically a narrative of sin and retribution, it The faithful prosper the unfaithful pay for theirĭefections. Inīetween, the achievements of the king are reported-above all, his fidelity or Presentation and an obituary notice for each, in stereotyped formulas. Individual kings are adapted to an editorial framework consisting of a Of the chronicles of the kings of Israel" ( ⇒ 1 Kings 14: 19), is forged into structural unity by an editor whose principal interest is in the fidelity to Yahweh of rulers and people. Solomon" ( ⇒ 1 Kings 11: 41) and the " book Judges, material from various sources, such as the " book of the acts of The Books of Kings show clearly the theological bent of a Deuteronomic editor. Temple, which is the chosen site for the worship of Yahweh, occupies the center This combined work is designed as a religious history hence in Kings the Israel from the birth of Samuel to the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. InĬonjunction with the Books of Samuel, they extend the consecutive history of Kings were originally, like 1 Sam 2 Sam - a single historical work. Click here to hide the links to concordance
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