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6 - Monarchic Collapse

From Solomon to Jehoiachin in the Book of Kings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2025

By
Rachelle Gilmour
Edited by
Keith Bodner
Keith Bodner
Affiliation:
Crandall University, Canada
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Summary

The contrast between the glory and splendor of King Solomon’s succession and reign at the beginning of the book of Kings and the “exile” or captivity of King Jehoiachin by the Babylonians at the end points to one of the central themes of the book: the collapse of the monarchy descended from the line of David.

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SolomonexileJehoiachinunfinalized ending
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The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative , pp. 118 - 135
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Alter, Robert. The Hebrew Bible. Vol 2 Prophets Nevi’im. A Translation with Commentary. New York: Norton, 2019.Google Scholar
Boda, Mark J. A Severe Mercy: Sin and Its Remedy in the Old Testament. Siphrut 1. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2009.Google Scholar
Bodner, Keith. Jeroboam’s Royal Drama. Biblical Refigurations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.Google Scholar
Bodner, Keith. Elisha’s Profile in the Book of Kings: The Double Agent. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dutcher-Walls, Patricia. “Athaliah: The Queen Who Was Not,” pages 182–198 in Characters and Characterization in the Book of Kings, edited by Bodner, Keith and Benjamin, J. M. Johnson. LHBOTS 670. London: T&T Clark, 2020.Google Scholar
Garsiel, Moshe. The First Book of Samuel: A Literary Study of Comparative Structures, Analogies and Parallels. Ramat Gan: Revivim, 1985.Google Scholar
Gilmour, Rachelle. Juxtaposition and the Elisha Cycle. LHBOTS 594. London: T&T Clark, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Janzen, David. “The Sins of Josiah and Hezekiah: A Synchronic Reading of the Final Chapters of Kings.” JSOT 37 (2013): 349–70.Google Scholar
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Leithart, Peter. “Counterfeit Davids: Davidic Restoration and the Architecture of 1–2 Kings.” TynB 56 (2005): 19–33.Google Scholar
Lovell, Nathan. The Book of Kings and Exilic Identity: 1 and 2 Kings as a Work of Political Historiography. LHBOTS 708. London: T&T Clark, 2021.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Schipper, Jeremy. “Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Dynastic or Transgenerational Punishment,” pages 81–105 in Soundings in Kings: Perspectives and Methods in Contemporary Scholarship, edited by Leuchter, Mark and Adam, Klaus Peter. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stavrakopoulou, Francesca. “Blackballing of Manasseh,” pages 248–63 in Good Kings and Bad Kings, edited by Lester, L. Grabbe. LHBOTS 393. London: T&T Clark, 2005.Google Scholar
Walsh, Jerome T. 1 Kings. Berit Olam. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.Google Scholar
Wyatt, Stephanie. “Jezebel, Elijah, and the Widow of Zarephath: A Ménage Trois That Estranges the Holy and Makes the Holy the Strange.” JSOT 36 (2012): 435–58.Google Scholar
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  • Monarchic Collapse
  • Edited by Keith Bodner, Crandall University, Canada
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.007
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  • Monarchic Collapse
  • Edited by Keith Bodner, Crandall University, Canada
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.007
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  • Monarchic Collapse
  • Edited by Keith Bodner, Crandall University, Canada
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative
  • Online publication: 30 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.007
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