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Violence on the streets. Military expansion. Consumerism. Policies exploiting people and natural resources. Harassment and abuse: 1 & 2 Kings could hardly be more relevant. In the thirty-fourth volume of the Believers Church Bible Commentary series, Old Testament scholar Lynn Jost claims 1 & 2 Kings were written to form a community that would embrace the Ten Commandments and the Great Shema and would champion righteousness and compassion. Jost traces the characteristics of royal justice, with its systems of excess and indulgence, as well as the court intrigue, succession politics, interfamily rivalries, and prophetic judgment that mark the books. Through it all, Israel remains in a covenant relationship with a delivering God. Through it all, God calls the leaders and the people to practice justice, protect shalom, and live righteously. In vivid and accessible prose, Jost invites pastors, scholars, and lay readers to read 1 & 2 Kings as books of promise—ones that gesture toward a faithful God who rescues, judges, commands, and provides.
About the Believers Church Bible Commentary series
This readable commentary series is for all who seek more fully to understand the original message of Scripture and its meaning for today—Sunday school teachers, members of Bible study groups, students, pastors, and other seekers.
–From the Series Foreword
About the Believers Church Bible Commentary series
This readable commentary series is for all who seek more fully to understand the original message of Scripture and its meaning for today—Sunday school teachers, members of Bible study groups, students, pastors, and other seekers.
–From the Series Foreword
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Praise for 1 & 2 Kings
“1 & 2 Kings are not dry, dusty history, but the dynamic story of Israel’s and Judah’s kings and their people all too often snubbing the Deuteronomic call for justice and the human vocation given all at creation. Jost skillfully explains these writings with a perceptive eye to how they address the contemporary world.”—GERALD GERBRANDT, president emeritus and professor emeritus of Bible, Canadian Mennonite University
“This commentary leads us to the end of the prophetic narrative of humankind that begins at creation. This is not just the account of the demise of one nation; it is the story for all civilization. Jost clarifies the obscure details of 1 & 2 Kings and bring focus to the human vocation. The fundamentals of human life have not changed. In 1 & 2 Kings are lessons to live the life of faith in the events of current time.”—AUGUST H. KONKEL, professor of Old Testament, McMaster Divinity College
“Preaching is a daunting endeavor in these tumultuous times. We’d do well to gather around 1 & 2 Kings and learn what it means to faithfully follow God in the midst of social, political, and religious upheaval. Jost is just the one to help us preachers listen, listen deeply, and gather God’s people around these ancient texts made fresh again—living wisdom for these wanton times.”—CHRIS NEUFELD-ERDMAN, pastor of Davis (Calif.) Community Church and author of Ordinary Preacher, Extraordinary Gospel: A Daily Guide for Wise, Empowered Preachers (Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching)