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Author: Originally, 1 and 2 Kings were one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. Nothing in 1 and 2 Kings indicates who the author was. Some Jewish and Christian teachers have supposed that Jeremiah wrote them. Time of Writing: Some time during the Babylonian captivity of Israel and after 561 B.C. (2 Kings 25:27). Place of Writing: Probably in Jerusalem. Time Period Covered: The two books cover 455 years: 1 Kings covers 119 years, from 1015 to 897 B.C., that is, from the death of David (2:10) to the reign of Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, king of Israel (22:51);2 Kings covers 336 years, from 896 B.C. to 561 B.C., that is, from the reign of Jehoram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel (3:1-3), to the captivity, during the reign of Evil-merodach in Babylon (25:27). Subject: God’s Governmental Dealing, in God’s Economy, with the Devastation and Ruin of the Divine Kingship on Earth by the Kings, and the Tragic Issue of the Just Dealing of God
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