Summary
In 2 Kings, ESV Expository Commentary, Gary Millar helps us trace the message of 2 Kings with patience and balance. The series is designed for pastors and teachers, so it keeps explanation moving toward proclamation. Volume 3.
We are helped by the way the commentary keeps the passage in front of us. It does not try to impress, it tries to serve, and that makes it easier to use with confidence.
Why Should I Own This Commentary?
We should own it because it helps us do the basic work well. It keeps the main line of the passage in view, it highlights patterns worth preaching, and it guards us from hobby horses and clever shortcuts.
It serves well at the desk on a busy week. We can consult it quickly for the shape of a passage, then return to the text with better questions and sharper focus.
When we need deeper detail, we can add a more technical work alongside it. Even then, this volume often gives the clearest path from study to sermon shape.
Closing Recommendation
We recommend this volume for pastors and teachers who want an accessible guide to 2 Kings that keeps theology and application tied to the passage.
Used alongside prayerful study, it helps us speak with greater clarity and conviction, and it keeps our application tied to the text.
As pastoral next steps, we can visit the Bible Book Overview, browse Top Recommendations, and use the Reformed Commentary Index to build a wiser working library.
Gary Millar
Gary Millar is a British and Irish Old Testament scholar of the contemporary era, writing from an evangelical and Reformed sympathetic perspective.
He is known for joining biblical theology to preaching, helping ministers see how the Old Testament’s covenant story forms Christian proclamation. Millar has written on Deuteronomy, prayer, and preaching, and he has contributed to major commentary projects, always aiming to keep the text’s shape and purpose visible.
He is valued for clarity, realism about ministry pressures, and a warm insistence that faithful exposition is both possible and worth the labour. Recommended titles include Saving Eutychus, Now Choose Life, and Calling on the Name of the Lord.
Theological Perspective: Broadly Evangelical