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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
82.910010	House, Paul R.	1, 2 Kings	NAC	1995
81.71008	Provan, Iain W.	1 & 2 Kings	UBOT	1995
78.71008	Wiseman, Donald J.	1 & 2 Kings: An Introduction and Commentary	TOTC	2008
77.81005	Hobbs, T. R.	2 Kings	WBC	1985
76.81004	Davis, Dale Ralph	2 Kings: The Power and the Fury	FB	2005
76.51006	Leithart, Peter J.	1 & 2 Kings	BTC	2006
76.41003	Davis, Dale Ralph	1 Kings: Wisdom and the Folly	FB	2003
76.31005	DeVries, Simon J.	1 Kings	WBC	2004
76.01006	Cogan, Mordechai; Tadmor, Hayim	I Kings	AYB	2001
74.61005	Fretheim, Terence E.	First and Second Kings	WeBC	1999
74.31004	Walsh, Jerome T.	1 Kings: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry	BO	1996
74.01003	Nelson, Richard D.	First and Second Kings	INT	1987
74.01003	Cogan, Mordechai; Tadmor, Hayim	II Kings	AYB	1988
73.81001	Cohn, Robert L.	2 Kings: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry	BO	2000
73.81001	Inrig, Gary	1 & 2 Kings	HOTC	2003
73.81002	Seow, Choon-Leong	1/2 Kings	NIB	1999
73.81002	Hens-Piazza, Gina	1-2 Kings	AOTC	2006
73.01003	Brueggemann, Walter	1 & 2 Kings	SHBC	2000
72.21000	Konkel, August H.	1 & 2 Kings	NIVAC	2006
72.21004	Sweeney, Marvin A.	I & II Kings	OTL	2007
71.41000	Patterson, Richard D.; Austel, Hermann J.	1 & 2 Kings	EBC	1988
71.11000	Hubbard, Robert L.	First and Second Kings	EvBC	2001
71.11001	Mulder, M. J.; Vriend, John	1 Kings: Volume 1 Chapters 1-11	HCOT	1999
71.11001	Jones, Gwilym H.	1 And 2 Kings: Volume I	NCB	1984
71.11001	Winslow, Karen Strand	1 & 2 Kings: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition	NBBC	2017
70.91001	Long, Burke O.	1 Kings: With an Introduction to Historical Literature	FOTL	1984
70.91001	Knoppers, Gary N.	Two Nations Under God: The Deuteronomistic History of Solomon and the Dual Monarchies		1994
68.51001	Auld, A. Graeme	I and II Kings	DSB	2006
1000	Israel, Alex	II Kings: In a Whirlwind	MST	2019
1000	Jones, Gwilym H.	1 and 2 Kings: Volume II	NCB	1996
1000	Fox, Everett	The Early Prophets (The Schocken Bible: Volume 2)	SB	2014
1000	Rosenberg, A. J.	The Book of Kings 1	JP	1980
1000	Rosenberg, A. J.	The Book of Kings 2	JP	1989
1000	Israel, Alex	I Kings: Torn in Two	MST	2012
1000	Provan, Iain W.	1 & 2 Kings	OTG
1000	Hamilton, Victor P.	Handbook on the Historical Books: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Esther		2008
1000	Maier III, Walter A.	1 Kings 12–22	CC	2019
1000	Ryken, Philip Graham	2 Kings	REC	2019
1000	Maier III, Walter A.	1 Kings: 1-11	CC	2018
1000	Goldingay, John	1 and 2 Kings for Everyone	OTE	2011
1000		Theology of Work Bible Commentary: Volume 2: Joshua through Song of Songs	ToWBC	2015
1000	Robinson, J.	The First Book of Kings	CBCOT	1972
1000	Robinson, J.	The Second Book of Kings	CBCOT	1976
1000	Constable, Thomas L.	1/2 Kings		1985
1000	Nelson, Richard D.	The Historical Books	IBT	1998
1000	Ellsworth, Roger	From Glory To Ruin: 1 Kings Simply Explained	WCS	2000
1000	Ellsworth, Roger	Apostasy, Destruction and Hope: 2 Kings Simply Explained	WCS	2002
1000	Wilson, Charles R.	Joshua–Esther (Vol. 1, Part 2)	WesBC	1967
1000	Cohen, Abraham; Rosenberg, A. J.; Oratz, E.	1 & 2 Kings	SBB	1990
1000	Fritz, Volkmar	1 & 2 Kings	CC	2003
1000	Gehman, Henry Snyder; Montgomery, James Alan	Kings I and II	ICC	1950
1000	Dilday, Russell H.	1 & 2 Kings	TPC	2002
1000	Cooper, Derek	1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles	RCS	2016
1000	Long, Jesse C.	1 & 2 Kings	CPNIV	2002
1000	Barnes, William	1 & 2 Kings	CBC	2012
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Responsible (1 Kings): Being Good Stewards of God's Gifts	BE	2002
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Distinct (2 Kings & 2 Chronicles): Standing Firmly Against the World's Tides	BE	2010
1000	Rice, Gene	1 Kings: Nations Under God	ITC	1990
1000	Olley, John W.	The Message of Kings	BST	2012
1000	Keil, C. F.; Delitzsch, Franz	1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles	COT	2006
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	History of Israel: Volume 2	MCB	1998
1000	Conti, Marco	1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther	ACCS	2008
1000	Omanson, Roger L.; Ellington, John	A Handbook on 1-2 Kings	UBS
1000	Patterson, Richard D.; Austel, Hermann J.	1/2 Kings	REBC	2010
1000	Krummacher, Friedrich W.	Elijah The Tishbite		2007
1000	Wray Beal, Lissa M.	1 & 2 Kings	AOT	2014
1000	Laffey, Alice L.	First and Second Kings	NCBS	2011
1000	Lange, John Peter	Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Kings	LCHS	1957
1000	Utley, Bob	1/2 Kings	FBC
1000	Dillard, Raymond B.	Faith in the Face of Apostasy: The Gospel According to Elijah and Elisha	GOT	1999
1000	Merida, Tony; Hamilton, Jim	Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Kings	CCE	2015
1000	Finley, Harvey E.	1/2 Kings	BBC	1965
1000	Ryken, Philip Graham	1 Kings	REC	2011
1000	Vos, Howard F.	1, 2 Kings	BSC	1989
1000	MacArthur, John	A House Divided: Elijah and the Kings of Israel	MacSG	2010
1000		1/2 Kings	ZIBBC	2009
1000	Longman III, Tremper; Deffinbaugh, Robert; Guzik, David	1/2 Kings	LBC	2013
1000	Macleod, F. Wayne	1 & 2 Kings	LMP	2012
1000	MacArthur, John	Losing the Promised Land: Elisha and the Kings of Judah	MacSG	2010
1000	Barber, Cyril J.	Books of Kings: The Righteousness of God Illustrated in the Lives of the People of Israel and Judah		2001
1000	MacArthur, John	End of an Era: The Rise and Fall of Solomon	MacSG	2009
1000	McShane, Albert	1 & 2 Kings		2004
1000	Woodhouse, John	1 Kings: Power, Politics, and the Hope of the World	PtW	2018
1000	Mitch, Curtis; Hahn, Scott	1 & 2 Kings: Commentary, Notes and Study Questions	ICSB	2017
1000	Wolfgramm, Arno	Kings 1 & 2	PBC	2006
1000	Davies, John A.	1 Kings	EPSC	2012

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