Overview of 2Kings Resources
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Articles
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Gershon Galil | The Message of the Book of Kings in Relation to Deuteronomy and Jeremiah (Bibliotheca Sacra) | Advanced
 | Good
 | As titled. Argues for unity of message. | 
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Audio
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Mark Dever | The Message of 2 Kings | Easily Accessible
 | Great!
 | Part of Mark Dever’s 69 sermons on the whole bible. |
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Commentaries
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Iain Provan | 1 and 2 Kings (NIBC) | Accessible & Evangelical. Provan is interested in the narrative techniques of Kings, particularly ‘patterning’. E.g. Asa is patterned after the character of Solomon. Gives little time to historical/ archeological approaches. (more…) | |||
| Walter Brueggemann | 1 and 2 Kings (Smyth & Helwys) | Intermediate
 | Good
| Brueggemann invites us to think of Kings as a ‘theology of history’, or an ‘interpretive commentary’ on the historical events. Has culture/context/word study/further reading sidebars throughout, along with many fine art prints. (more…) |
FurtherInfo
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Biblical Studies Bulletin | 1 & 2 Kings: Brief Commentary Reviews | Very Easily Accessible
 | Great!
| Very short notes on a range of commentaries on 1 & 2 Kings, from an expert in the field. (Iain Provan, Biblical Studies Bulletin, Ridley Hall, Cambridge) |
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| Denver Journal | Annotated Commentary Bibliography (1 & 2 Kings) | Easily Accessible
| Great!
| Comprehensive, lightly annotated list of 1 & 2 Kings commentaries. (You’ll need to scroll down to get to 1 & 2 Kings; if you scroll up there is info on history/ archeology) |
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| Biblical Studies (.org.uk) | Bibliography | Easily Accessible
| Good
| Very comprehensive, but unannotated bibliography on most aspects of the 1 & 2 Kings. |
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Websites
| Author | Title | Difficulty Level | BTR Rating | BTR Review (Summary) | Cover and/or Price |
| Luke Tattersall | Sermon series outline | Easily Accessible
| Good
| Outline for a 7-part sermon series, covering all of 2 Kings Includes an overview, talk outlines, and suggested illustrations and applications. (perspective.org.au) |
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