1 & 2 Kings

Introduction & Background History to the Book of 1 & 2 Kings

• Klein, Ralph W. "Verses from 1 and 2 Kings assigned to various redactors by Antony Campbell and Mark O'Brien in Unfolding the Deuteronomitic History."
• Nelson, Richard D. "Dual Redaction Hypothesis in Kings." Chapter One in The Double Redaction of the Deuteronomistic History. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991.
• Smith, James E. "Prolegomena to the Study of Kings." The Seminary Review XXI, no. 3 (1975): 77-114.
• Kofoed, Jens Bruun. "Fact and Fiction in the Ancient Near East: The Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, the Babylonian Chronicles, and the Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible." SEE-J Hiphil 1 (2004). (pdf)
• McFall, Leslie. "A Translation Guide to the Chronological Data in Kings and Chronicles." Bibliotheca Sacra 148 (1991): 3-45. (pdf)
• McFall, Leslie. "Has the Chronology of the Hebrew Kings been finally settled?" Themelios 17 (1991): 6-11. (pdf)
• Guenther, Allen. "Kings and Chronicles: Interpreting Historical Interpretation." Direction 11, no. 2 (1982): 4-15.
• Herrick, Greg. "Regal/Messianic Hope in Deuteronomy, 1, 2 Samuel and 1, 2 Kings." Biblical Studies Foundation.
• de Tillesse, Caetano Minette. "The Conquest of Power: Analysis of David and Solomon's Accession Histories." Journal of Hebrew Scripture 1, no. 3 (1997). (pdf)
• Ellul, Jacques. The Politics of God and the Politics of Man. Full text at Religion Online.
• Na'aman, Nadav. "Death Formulae and the Burial Place of the Kings of the House of David." Biblica 85 (2005): 245-254. (pdf)
• Galil, Gershon. "The Message of the Book of Kings in Relation to Deuteronomy and Jeremiah." Bibliotheca Sacra 158 (2001): 406-414.
• Knauf, Ernest Axel. "The Queens’ Story. Bathsheba, Maacah, Athaliah and the ‘Historia of Early Kings'." lectio dificilior 2 (2002). (pdf)
• Mattfeld, Walter. "Dating 1 & 2 Kings to the 5th/4th Centuries."
• Schniedewind, William M; Sivan, Daniel. "The Dialect of the Elisha-Elijah Narratives: A Case Study in Northern Hebrew," Jewish Quarterly Review [1997]

Special Studies

• Young, Rodger C. "When Did Solomon Die?" JETS 46, No. 4 (2003): 589-604.
• Gunkel, Hermann. Elias, Jahve und Baal.

Commentaries & Special Works

• Burney, Charles Fox. Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Kings: With an Introduction and Appendix.
• Rahlfs, Alfred, ed. Septuaginta-studien: Studien zu den Königsbüchern.

1 Kings 1-2

1 Kings 3-11

• Hollenback, G. M. "The Dimensions and Capacity of the 'Molten Sea' in 1 Kgs 7,23.26." Biblica 81 (2000).
• Hoppe, Leslie J. "The Afterlife of a Text: The Case of Solomon's Prayer in 1 Kings 8." LA 51 (2001): 9-30. (pdf)
• Millard, Alan R. "Texts and Archaeology: Weighing The Evidence. The Case for King Solomon." Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1991): 19-27.
• Millard, Alan R. "Solomon: Text and Archaeology," Palestine Exploration Quarterly (1991): 117-118.
• McCullough, Lori Theresa. Dimensions of the Temple in 1 Kings 5-9 Compared with Ancient Near Easter Paradigms - Master's Thesis - Vanderbilt University, 2001.

1 Kings 12-16

• Fox, Nili. "Royal Officials and Court Families: A New Look at the ילדים (yeladim) in 1 Kings 12." Biblical Archaeologist 59, no. 4 (1996): 225-232.
• Parker, Simon B. "Appeals for Military Intervention: Stories from Zinjirli and the Bible." Biblical Archaeologist 59, no. 4 (1996): 213-224.

1 Kings 17-2 Kings 1

• Jacobson, H. "Elijah's Sleeping Baal." Biblica 79 (1988).
• Landry, Michael T. The Military Might and Activity of King Ahab. M.A. Thesis, Providence Theological Seminary, Canada, 1999. (pdf)
• Ruthven, Jon. "A Note on Elijah's "Fire From Yahweh." JETS 12, no. 2 (1969): 111-116.
• Allen, Ronald Barclay. "Elijah the Broken Prophet." JETS 22, no. 3 (1979): 193-202.

2 Kings 2-8

• Brueggemann, Walter. "A Brief Moment for a One-Person Remnant (2 Kigns 5:2-3)." Biblical Theology Bulletin (2001).
• Brueggemann, Walter. "The Embarrassing Footnote." Theology Today 44, no. 1 (1987): 5-14.
• Keathley, J. Hampton, III. "Studies in the Life of Elisha. Bible.org.
• West, Jim. "Beware the Angry Prophet: 2 Kings 2:23-25." Journal of Biblical Studies 1, no. 1 (2001).
• Corder, Stephen J. "The Cure of Naaman: Narrative and Relational Paradigm." Gravitas 1, no. 1 (1999).

2 Kings 9-17

• Parker, Simon B. "Appeals for Military Intervention: Stories from Zinjirli and the Bible." Biblical Archaeologist 59, no. 4 (1996): 213-224.
• Steinmann, Andrew E. "The Chronology of 2 Kings 15-18." JETS 30, No. 4 (1987): 391-398.

2 Kings 18-25

• Na'aman, N. "New Light on Hezekiah's Second Prophetic Story (2 Kgs 19,9b-35)." Biblica 81 (2000).
• Goldberg, J. "Two Assyrian Campaigns against Hezekiah and Later Eighth Century Biblical Chronology." Biblica 80 (1999).
• Barrick, William D. "The Openness of God: Does Prayer Change God?" The Master's Seminary Journal 12 (2001): 149-166. (pdf)
• Rudman, D. "A Note on the Personal Name Amon (2 Kings 21,19-26 || 2 Chr 33,21-25)." Biblical 81 (2000).
• Eslinger, Lyle. "Josiah and the Torah Book: Comparison of 2 Kgs 22:1-23:28 and 2 Chr 34:1-35:19." The Hebrew Annual Review 10 (1986): 37-62. (pdf)
• Lipschits, Oded. "Jehoiakim Slept with His Fathers ..." (II Kings 24:6) - Did He?" Journal of Hebrew Scripture 4 (2002).
• Avioz, Michael. "When Was the First Temple Destroyed, According to the Bible?" Biblica 84 (2003): 562-565.
• Robinson, Donald W. B. Josiah's Reform and the Book of the Law. London: The Tyndale Press, 1951. (pdf)
• Hoppe, L. J. "The Death of Josiah and the Meaning of Deuteronomy." LA (1998). (pdf)
• Steinmann, Andrew E. "The Chronology of 2 Kings 15-18." JETS 30, No. 4 (1987): 391-398.

Bibliographies

• A Working Bibliography of the Books of Kings - Hymes