15 FEBRUARY 1896, Page 23

The Story of the Kings of Israel and Judah. By

Henry Hill. (Elliot Stock.)—We do not think that the reader of the Bible will be much helped by this consecutive arrangement of the Old Testament narratives. These narratives Want explanation ; and if they are to be handled at all, must bo handled with more thoroughness than we find here. On p. 102, for instance, Mr. Bill tries to reconcile the two accounts of the death of Ahaziah (of Judah), but he makes both of them unintelligible.