Table of Contents

List of maps and time chart; The footnotes to the N.E.B. text; What the book is about; The Near Eastern background; The rise of Assyria; Josiah's reform; The deuteronomists; Josiah's death; The writing of history; The sources used in the book; The purpose of the editors; How and when the book was written; The larger history; The witness of archaeology; The chronology of Kings; Understanding the notes to the translation; Appendix; Measures of length and extent; Measures of capacity, weight and coins; Index.