Table of Contents:

The setting -- The question of origins -- Before any king ruled in Israel -- The early Israelite monarchy -- David, King of Jerusalem -- The reign of Solomon -- Separate kingdoms -- The Omride Era -- The century of the Jehu dynasty -- The era of Assyrian domination: the end of the Kingdom of Israel -- The era of Assyrian domination: Judean history from Ahaz to Amon -- The last years of the Davidic kingdom -- The period of Babylonian domination -- The era of the Persian empire.