A message of hope from First and Second Kings.

By the rivers of Babylon, in the sixth century B.C., the Jewish people felt like permanent refugees in a foreign land. Israel had undergone captivity once before, in Egypt. This time the people were in exile because of disobedience.

The books of 1 and 2 Kings were meant as an antidote for the sorrow of heart that afflicted their souls. Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. guides you through the maze of Kings and empires, prophets, and priests, that are the subjects of those two Old Testament historical books. In those books, Hubbard says, are "peaks of unbelievable glory and valleys of unforgettable despair."

His study of First and Second Kings and of the chaotic time chronicled in those books is written in an inviting style but with scholarly care. Hubbard applies to our lives today the lessons Israel learned through years of pain, Scholar and laymen alike will appreciate the combination of readability and scholarly investigation that marks this book.

Product Information

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Title: 1 & 2 Kings: Everyman's Bible Commentary
By: Robert L. Hubbard Jr.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 242
Vendor: Moody Publishers
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 8.66 X 6.02 X 0.62 (inches)
Weight: 11 ounces
ISBN: 0802420958
ISBN-13: 9780802420954
Series: Everyman's Bible Commentary
Stock No: WW420950

Publisher's Description

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By the waters of Babylon, in the sixth century B.C., the Jewish people felt like permanent refugees in a foreign land. Israel had undergone captivity once before, in Egypt. This time the people were in exile because of disobedience.

The books of 1 and 2 Kings were meant as an antidote for the sorrow of heart that afflicted their souls. Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. guides you through the maze of kings and empires, prophets and priests, that are the subjects of those two Old Testament historical books. In those books, Hubbard says, are "peaks of unbelievable glory and valleys of unforgettable despair."

His study of 1 and 2 Kings and of the chaotic time chronicled in those books is written in a comfortable style but with scholarly care. Hubbard applies to our lives today the lessons learned through years of pain. Scholar and layman alike will appreciate the combination of readability and scholarly investigation that marks this book.

Author Bio

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ROBERT L. HUBBARD (A.B, Wheaton College; B.D., Fuller Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School) is Professor of Biblical Literature at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. He also taught at Denver Seminary and served as a chaplain on active duty in the United States Navy and in the United States Naval Reserve. Dr. Hubbard is author of The Book of Ruth: New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Eerdmans, 1988), which received the Christianity Today Critics Choice Award as the best commentary of 1989.