Volume 3 covers 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings: the birth of Samuel and the end of the judges, the demand for a king, the reigns of Saul and David, the glory and apostasy of Solomon, the division of the kingdom, the ministries of Elijah and Elisha, the successive kings of Israel and Judah, and the fall of both capitals.

The revised Expositor's Bible Commentary, edited by Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland, is a multi-contributor evangelical series keyed to the English text. Each section gives an overview, verse-by-verse commentary, and notes on the original languages kept separate so readers without Greek or Hebrew can use the volume comfortably. This span contains the rise and collapse of the monarchy and the prophetic ministries that ran alongside it, making the volume essential for anyone preaching the historical books or tracing the Davidic covenant.