References and Abbreviations

Bright,
History

John Bright, A History of Israel (Fourth edition, Westminster John Knox, 2000)

BDAG

Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000)

BDB

Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, The Enhanced Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1906)

DOT:HB

Bill T. Arnold and H. G. M. Williamson (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books (InterVarsity Press, 2005)

DOT:P

Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (InterVarsity Press, 2003)

DOT:WPW

Tremper Longman III and Peter Enns (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings (Inter-Varsity Press, 2008)

Edersheim, Temple

Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services as They Were at the Time of Christ (London, 1874; Eerdmans, reprinted 1960)

ESV

English Standard Version (Crossway Bibles, 2001)

Holladay

William L. Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament based on the Lexical work of Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumbartner (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1988).

ISBE

Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition)

KJV

King James Version (1611)

Kaiser and Wegner,
History

Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. and Paul D. Wegner, A History of Israel from the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars (Revised Edition; B&H Academic, 2016)

NASB

New American Standard Bible (Lockman Foundation, 1971, 1977)

NIV

New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978, 1983)

NRSV

New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ, 1989)

Ryken,
Solomon

Philip Graham Ryken, King Solomon: The Temptations of Money, Sex, and Power (Crossway, 2011)

Selman,
1 Chronicles

Martin J. Selman, 1Chronicles: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1994)

Selman,
2 Chronicles

Martin J. Selman, 2 Chronicles: A Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1994)

TDNT

Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten volume edition)

Williamson, Chronicles

Hugh G. M. Williamson, 1 and 2 Chronicles (New Century Bible Commentary; Eerdmans, 1982)

Wiseman,
1&2 Kings

Donald J. Wiseman, 1 & 2 Kings: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1993)

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