1 Kings, Volume 12: Second Edition (12) (Word Biblical Commentary)

✍ Scribed by Simon DeVries, Bruce M. Metzger (editor), David Allen Hubbard (editor), Glenn W. Barker (editor)

• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 371
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.

Overview of Commentary Organization

• Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology.
• Each section of the commentary includes:
• Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope.
• Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English.
• Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation.
• Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here.
• Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research.
• Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues.

General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliography contains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Author’s Preface
Editorial Preface
Abbreviations
Main Bibliography
Introduction
The World of 1 Kings
The Geographical and Cultural Situation
The Political Situation
The Religious Situation
Sacred History As Theological Testimony
The Biblical Understanding of History
The Theological Witness of Biblical Historiography
The Historicality of Biblical Narrative
1 Kings As a Literary Composition
A History of the Interpretation of 1 Kings
How the Deuteronomist Wrote His Book
Source Material In 1 Kings
Toward the Original Text of 1 Kings
Available Resources
Problems and Methods
Parallel Texts In 1 Kings = 3 Reigns
Supplement to the Revised (2003) Edition
1. Supplemental Bibliography
2. Critique of “Postmodern” Negativism Regarding the Old Testament As a Source of Reliable Historical Information
Text and Commentary
Conclusion to the Throne-Succession Narrative (1:1–2:46)
Solomon Becomes King (1:1–53)
Solomon Disposes of His Rivals (2:1–46)
Account of Solomon’s Reign (3:1–11:43)
Solomon’s Divine Legitimation (3:1–15)
The King’s Wise Act of Justice (3:16–28)
The Administration of Solomon’s Empire (4:1–5:14 [Eng. 4:1–34])
The Preparation of Materials for Solomon’s Temple (5:15–32 [Eng. 5:1–18])
The Construction of Solomon’s Temple (6:1–7:1)
The Construction of the Palace Complex (7:2–12)
Hiram’s Artifacts for the Temple (7:13–51a)
The Dedication of the Temple (7:51b–9:9)
Notable Events of Solomon’s Reign (9:10–25)
Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom (9:26–10:29)
Solomon’s Numerous Wives and Their Influence (11:1–13)
Three Potential Rivals: Hadad, Rezon, and Jeroboam (11:14–43)
Account of the Two Kingdoms Up to Ahab (12:1–16:34)
The Rejection of Rehoboam (12:1–24)
Jeroboam’s Religious Innovations (12:25–32)
The Prophecy Against the Bethel Alter (12:33–13:34)
The Death of Jeroboam’s Child (14:1–20)
Excursus: The Chronology of the Hebrew Kings
The Reign of Rehoboam (14:21–31)
The Reign of Abijam (15:1–8)
The Reign of Asa (15:9–24)
The Reign of Nadab (15:25–31)
The Reign of Baasha (15:33–16:7)
The Reign of Elah (16:8–14)
The Reign of Zimri (16:15–22)
The Reign of Omri (16:23–28)
The Reign of Ahab (16:29–34)
Narratives of the Prophets In Elijah’s Time (17:1–22:40)
The Elijah Narratives: Composition and Redaction
Elijah Challenges Baal (17:1–16; 18:1–18, 41–46)
Reviving the Sick Lad (17:17–24)
The Contest With the Baal Prophets (18:19–40)
Yahweh Renews Elijah’s Authority (19:1–18)
Elisha’s Call (19:19–21)
Three Narratives from the Omride-War Cycle (20:1–43a)
The Narrative of Naboth’s Judicial Murder (20:43b–21:29)
Two Narratives of Micaiah’s Unfavorable Oracle (22:1–40)
The Reign of Jehoshaphat (22:41–51 [Eng. 22:41–50])
The Reign of Ahaziah, Son of Ahab (22:52–54 [Eng. 22:51–53])
Indexes
Index of Authors Cited
Index of Principal Subjects
Index of Biblical Texts