J. Joosten treats the verbal constructions in the section on Classical Biblical Hebrew, but he does not discuss these constructions in the section on Late Biblical Hebrew.12 16 of his 29 references for wayhi qotel, however, are taken from the books of Esther, Nehemiah, and Chronicles, all of which are considered Late Biblical Hebrew.13 Of the rest, six are from 2 Kings 17, leaving only seven instances as possible examples of Classical Biblical Hebrew. His examples of the type hayah qotel include 28 instances in narrative texts, of which 10 are found in Job, Daniel, Nehemiah and 2 Chronicles. One gets the impression from the distribution of the instances that the pertinent verbal constructions seem to be used increasingly in Late Biblical Hebrew.