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KINGDOMS OF THE LORD
A History of the Hebrew Kingdoms from Saul to the Fall of Jerusalem
David F. Payne
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Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1981. Hbk. ISBN: 0 85364 284 2. pp.310.
© Paternoster Press 1981. Reproduced by permission.
Table of Contents
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Frontpiece map: The Near East in the time of the Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires
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List of Illustrations
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xiii
Abbreviations
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xv
Preface
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xvii
PART I - THE KINGS
1.
Israel before the Monarchy
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3
2.
Prelude to Monarchy
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13
3.
The First King: Saul
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22
4.
David's Rise to Power
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36
5.
David's Later Years
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48
6.
The Reign of Solomon
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59
7.
The Early Divided Monarchy
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66
8.
Syria Rampant
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85
9.
New Prosperity
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91
10.
The Fall of Samaria
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97
11.
The Reign of Hezekiah
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106
12.
Judah's Decline and Fall
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114
PART II - THE ENEMIES
13.
The Philistines
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135
14.
Transjordan and Amalek
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143
15.
Syria
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152
16.
Phoenicia
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161
17.
Egypt
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167
18.
Assyria
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177
19.
Babylon
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189
20.
The Enemy Within: the Canaanites
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198
21.
The Enemy Within: False Religion
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207
PART III - THE PROPHETS
22.
The Early Period
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225
23.
The Eighth Century
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236
24.
Jeremiah and his Contemporaries
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249
PART IV - THE FAITH
25.
The God Who Speaks
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261
26.
The God Who Acts
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271
27.
The Future Perspective
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281
Appendix: The Chronology of the Hebrew Kings
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291
Select Bibliography
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295
Index of Biblical Passages
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299
General Index
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304
Endpiece Map: The Hebrew Kingdoms
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