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Part II — Joshua to Revelation (1898)
Books of Kings
Court women wielding real power: Bath-sheba maneuvering Solomon onto the throne, the Queen of Sheba meeting Solomon as an intellectual equal, Huldah the prophetess to whom king and priests turn for the word of the Lord, and Jezebel — whose energy and consistency the commentators note even as the narrative destroys her.
Bath-sheba and the successionSolomon, his wives and the Queen of ShebaJezebel's power and her endHuldah the prophetess