No major commentary on the books of Kings has been written in English in recent years, although substantial changes in our understanding have been introduced through important articles and monographs. His introduction (found in Volume I) deals with the main problems of 1 and 2 Kings including chronology, deuteronomistic, compilation, and textual tradition and the commentary itself offers a careful analysis of each section. The second volume includes 1 Kings 17 2 Kings 25.