Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History > Kings

1 Kings 1–11

• The Conquest of Power: Analysis of David and Solomon's Accession Histories - by Caetano Minette de Tillesse, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 1 (1997)
• Pharaoh’s Daughter, Solomon’s Palace, and the Temple: Another Look at the Structure of 1 Kings 1–11 - by J. W. Olley, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 27 (2003); asbtract with full text options

1 Kings 3

• Reconsidering the Composition of the Story of Solomon's Dream at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:4–15) - by Michael Avioz, Journal of Biblical Studies 6.2 (2006)

1 Kings 7

• The Dimensions and Capacity of the 'Molten Sea' in 1 Kgs 7,23.26 - G. M. Hollenback, Biblica 81 (2000); full text

1 Kings 12

• Royal Officials and Court Families: A New Look at the ילדים (yeladim) in 1 Kings 12 - by Nili Fox, Biblical Archaeologist 59.4 (1996) 225–232

1 Kings 13

• Revisiting Karl Barth's Exegesis of 1 Kings 13 - by D. Bosworth, Biblical Interpretation 10.4 (2002) 360–383; abstract publicly accessible; full text for subscribers only

1 Kings 15

• Appeals for Military Intervention: Stories from Zinjirli and the Bible - by Simon B. Parker, Biblical Archaeologist 59.4 (1996) 213–224

1 Kings 16–2 Kings 10

• The Composition of the Elijah-Elisha Stories and the Deuteronomistic History - by S. Otto, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 27.4 (2003) 487–508; abstract with full text options

1 Kings 17–19

• God, Prophet, and King: Eating and Drinking on the Mountain in First Kings 18:41 - by Kathryn L. Roberts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000) 632–644; Northern Light Special Collections document priced at $2.95
• Elijah's Sleeping Baal - by H. Jacobson, Biblica 79 (1998); full text
• They're Not Just Bad, They're Stupid and Ugly, Too: The Depiction of Baal Worshipers in Next Entertainment's Animated Stories from the Bible - by R. Christopher Heard; abstract of essay publised in Culture, Entertainment and the Bible, ed. George Aichele (Sheffield Academic Press, 2000)
• Révélation et Violence. La Critique de l’Économie Religieuse dans le Cycle d’Élie (1 Roi 17,1 a 19,20) - by François Nault, Études Théologiques et Religieuses (2003.2); abstract only

2 Kings 2

• Beware the Angry Prophet: 2 Kings 2:23–25 - by Jim West, Journal of Biblical Studies 1.1 (2001)

2 Kings 3

• 2 Kings 3: History or Historical Fiction? - Joe M. Sprinkle, Bulletin for Biblical Research 9 (1999) 247–270

2 Kings 5

• A Brief Moment for a One-Person Remnant (2 Kings 5:2–3) - by Walter Brueggemann, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Summer 2001)

2 Kings 6

• The Embarassing Footnote - by Walter Brueggemann, Theology Today 44.1 (1987)

2 Kings 9

• Filling In Historical Gaps: How Did Joram Really Die?, or, The Invention of Militarism - by Ernst Axel Knauf, Biblical Intepretation 8.1 (2000) 59–69
• Negotiating the Frame for Viewing the Death of Jezebel - by Judith E. McKinlay, Biblical Interpretation 10.3 (2002) 305–323; abstract with full text options for subscribers

2 Kings 15–16

• Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns in 743–732 B.C.: Historical Background of Isa 7; 2 Kgs 15–16 and 2 Chr 27–28 - by Peter Dubovsky, Biblica 87.2 (2006) 153–170

2 King 16

• Appeals for Military Intervention: Stories from Zinjirli and the Bible - by Simon B. Parker, Biblical Archaeologist 59.4 (1996) 213–224

2 Kings 17

• Is that So? (2 Kings XVII 4) - by Pnina Galpaz-Feller, Revue Biblique 107.3 (2000); abstract
• The Final Years of Samaria (730–720 BC) - by J. H. Hayes and J. K. Kuan, Biblica 72 (1991); abstract
• The Historical Background to the Conquest of Samaria (720 BC) - by N. Na'aman, Biblica 71 (1990); abstract
• Vom Schreiben Gottes. Literarkritik, Komposition und Ausgelung von 2 Kön 17,34–40 - by C. Frevel, Biblica 72 (1991); abstract

2 Kings 18–19

• New Light on Hezekiah's Second Prophetic Story (2 Kgs 19,9b-35) - by N. Na'aman, Biblica 81 (2000); full text
• Two Assyrian Campaigns against Hezekiah and Later Eighth Century Biblical Chronology - by J. Goldberg, Biblica 80 (1999); full text

2 Kings 20

• The Openness of God: Does Prayer Change God? - by William D. Barrick, The Master's Seminary Journal 12 (2001) 149–166

2 Kings 21

• A Note on the Personal Name Amon (2 Kings 21,19–26 || 2 Chr 33,21–25) - by D. Rudman, Biblica 81 (2000); full text
• Exploring the Garden of Uzza: Death, Burial and Ideologies of Kingship - by Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Biblica 87.1 (2006) 1–21

2 Kings 22–23

• Found But Not Lost: A Skeptical Note on the Document Discovered in the Temple Under Josiah - by David Henige, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 7.1 (2007)
• Josiah and the Torah Book: Comparison of 2 Kgs 22:1–23:28 and 2 Chr 34:1–35:19 - by Lyle Eslinger, The Hebrew Annual Review 10 (1986) 37–62
• The Loss of Armageddon, or, 621 and All That: Biblical Fiction, Biblical History, and the Rewritten Bible - by Robert P. Carroll, Biblical Interpretation 8.1 (2000) 104–114

2 Kings 24

• "Jehoiakim Slept with His Fathers ..." (II Kings 24:6) — Did He? - by Oded Lipschits, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 4 (2002)

2 Kings 25

• Evil-Merodach and the Deuteronomist: The Sociohistorical Setting of Dtr in the Light of 2 Kings 25,27–30 - by S. Frolov, Biblica 88.2 (2007) 174–190
• Gender, Class, and Androcentric Compliance in the Rapes of Enslaved Women in the Hebrew Bible - by Susanne Scholz, lectio dificilior 2004.1
• When Was the First Temple Destroyed, According to the Bible? - by Michael Avioz, Biblica 84 (2003) 562–565

Art/Illustration

• The Dream of Solomon - by Luca Giordano (1693)
• The Dream of Solomon - by Luca Giordano (Biblical Artworks)

Characterization

• Abishag
  • Gender, Class, and Androcentric Compliance in the Rapes of Enslaved Women in the Hebrew Bible - by Susanne Scholz, lectio dificilior 2004.
• Bathsheba
  • Signs of the Flesh: Observations on Characterization in the Bible - by Alice Bach, Semeia 63 (1993) 61–79
• Solomon
  • Solomon - by Siegfried Kreuzer, Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon (Verlag Traugott Bautz, 1992) 1236–1242
  • Solomon in All His Glory (Laing Lecture for 1979) - by Alan Millard, Vox Evangelica 12 (1981) 5–18

Chronology

• A Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles - by Leslie McFall, Bibliotheca Sacra 148 (1991) 3–45

Composition and Sources

• Evil-Merodach and the Deuteronomist: The Sociohistorical Setting of Dtr in the Light of 2 Kings 25,27–30 - by S. Frolov, Biblica 88.2 (2007) 174–190
• Prophetic Stories as Sources for the Histories of Jehoshaphat and the Omrides - by N. Na'aman, Biblica 78 (1997); abstract

General Articles and Essays

• Death Formulae and the Burial Place of the Kings of the House of David (PDF) - Biblica 85 (2004) 245–254
• Old Testament Life and Literature by Gerald A. Larue (1968)
  • Solomon - chapter 12
  • The History of the Kingdoms - chapter 14
  • From Manasseh to the Deuteronomic Reform - chapter 19
  • From the Fall of Nineveh to the Fall of Judah - chapter 20
• The Message of the Book of Kings in Relation to Deuteronomy and Jeremiah - by Gershon Galil, Bibliotheca Sacra 158 (2001) 406–414
• The Queens’ Story. Bathsheba, Maacah, Athaliah and the ‘Historia of Early Kings’ ( HTML | PDF ) - by Ernst Axel Knauf, lectio dificilior (2002.2)
• When Is a Widow Not a Widow? - by John Rook, Biblical Theology Bulletin 28.1 (1998); abstract only

Historicity

• Fact and Fiction in the Ancient Near East: The Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, the Babylonian Chronicles, and the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible - by Jens Bruun Kofoed, SEE-J Hiphil 1 (2004)

Septuagint Version

• Biblische Bücher der Septuaginta in zweifacher Textgestalt: Das Beispiel des Richterbuches - by Siegfried Kreuzer; longer version of an article published in Bibel und Kirche 56 (2001) 88–91

Book Reviews

• Barredo, Miguel Álvarez, Las narraciones sobre Elías y Eliseo en los libros de los Reyes: Formación y teología - reviewed by Ehud Ben Zvi, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Bodner, Keith, David Observed: A King in the Eyes of His Court (Sheffield Phoenix, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Carol Stuart Grizzard, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2006)
  • Reviewed by Steven McKenzie, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Brodie, Thomas L., The Crucial Bridge: The Elijah-Elisha Narrative as an Interpretive Synthesis of Genesis-Kings and a Literary Model for the Gospels (Liturgical, 2000) - reviewed by Robert K. Gnuse, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2000)
• Cazeaux, Jacques, Saül, David, Salomon: Le Royauté et le destin d’Israël (Cerf, 2003) - reviewed by John Engle, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Czövek, Tamás, Three Seasons of Charismatic Leadership: A Literary-Critical and Theological Interpretation of the Narrative of Saul, David and Solomon (Regnum, 2006) - reviewed by Robin Gallaher Branch, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Dutcher-Walls, Patricia, Jezebel: Portrait of a Queen (Interfaces; Liturgical Press, 2004)
  • Reviewed by Linda Schearing , Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Susanne Scholz, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Fritz, Volkmar, 1 & 2 Kings (trans. Anselm Hagedorn; Continental Commentary; Abingdon, 2003) - reviewed by A. Graeme Auld, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Gallagher, William R., Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah, New Studies (Brill, 1999) - reviewed by J. J. M. Roberts, Review of Biblical Literature
• Hens-Piazza, Gina, 1–2 Kings (Abingdon, 2006) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Hens-Piazza, Gina, Nameless, Blameless, and Without Shame: Two Cannibal Mothers before a King (Liturgical/Glazier, 2003)
  • Reviewed by Yael Shemesh, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by W. Brian Aucker, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Hugo, Philippe, Les deux visages d’Élie: Texte massorétique et Septante dans l'histoire la plus ancienne du texte de 1 Rois 17–18 (Academic/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006) - reviewed by Graeme Auld, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Inrig, Gary, I & II Kings (ed. Max Anders; Holman OT Commentary; Broadman & Holman, 2003) - reviewed by David Bostock, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Keulen, Percy S. F. van, Two Versions of the Solomon Narrative: An Inquiry into the Relationship between MT 1 Kgs. 2–11 and LXX 3 Reg. 2–11 (Brill, 2004) - reviewed by Zipora Talshir, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Linden, Nico Ter, The Story Goes...The Stories of Judges and Kings - reviewed by Peter D. Miscall, Review of Biblical Literature (2001)
• Person, Raymond F., The Kings-Isaiah and Kings-Jeremiah Recensions (de Gruyter, 1997) - reviewed by Hermann-Josef Stipp, TC 3 (1998)
• Rudnig, Thilo, Davids Thron: Redaktionskritische Studien zur Geschichte von der Thronnachfolge Davids (de Gruyter, 2006) - reviewed by John Van Seters, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Snyder, Jason L., ed. Samuel, Kings and Chronicles: A Harmony of Histories (Trafford, 2005) - reviewed by Todd Bolen, Journal of the Evangelica Theological Society (December 2006)
• Sweeney, Marvin A., King Josiah of Judah: The Lost Messiah of Israel (Oxford, 2001) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (October 2004)
• Tetley, M. Christine, The Reconstructed Chronology of the Divided Kingdom (Eisenbrauns, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Jennifer Singletary, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Andrew Steinmann, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)