It is this good and all-powerful God who has overseen the destruction of his chosen city and his temple, and Israel’s exile to Babylon.
Israel’s God is indeed in control of nature and history. The books of Kings respond to such questions, explaining why Israel was defeated. raised several questions: Was Israel’s God not in fact in control of history, as Moses had claimed? If the God of Moses did exist, and was good and all-powerful, how was it that God’s chosen city and temple had been destroyed, and his chosen royal family had all but come to its end? The fall of Jerusalem to Babylon in 586 B.C. Yet there is still hope for the nation, because God’s chosen family of kings has not come to an end ( 2 Kings 25:27–30), and God remains ready to forgive those who repent ( 1 Kings 8:22–61). The books show that Israel suffers again and again because of its great sinfulness ( 2 Kings 17:7–23 24:1–4). As the titles of the books indicate, 1– 2 Kings describe the period of the monarchy in ancient Israel (970–586 B.C.), concentrating on the kings who ruled after David.
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