Notes on I. Kings (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Notes on I. Kings In the Hebrew Scriptures, this Book and the following make but one, named, - in Jewish fashion, by the first words, which are translated in our version, "Now King David." The Septuagint calls it the Third Book of Reigns, - the Vulgate, the Third Book of Kings, - and the Arabic, the Book of Solomon, (he being the most important of the monarchs whose reigns it recounts). The exact date of the compilation of the Book is not, of course, known, but, if it was, as we think, the work of Ezra, it may be safely supposed to have been written by him after his return from Babylon, with the second caravan of Jews, 458 B.C. The authorship of the work is more disputed than that of any of the historical books of the Bible. - The Jews ascribe it to Jeremiah, - some believe that David and Solomon wrote the accounts of their reigns, while others imagine that the book was written in portions by the prophets who lived under the respective Kings, and that the complete work was compiled thence, and from the national records kept by the scribes, by one person, (probably Ezra). This last view seems correct, for, 1. We read, in I. Kings, and II. Chron., of the "acts" of different monarchs being recorded in the "books" of various prophets, (such as Nathan, Ahijah, Shemaiali, and Iddo), and in "the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah, " and "of Israel." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.