2 KINGS
Author and date:
See the introduction to 1 Kings.
Themes:
Events in the history of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah until the destruction of both, the remarkable ministry of the prophet Elisha, times of revival in Judah, the exile of Israel to Assyria, the fall of Jerusalem. The events recorded in 2 Kings took place over a period of 266 years.
Contents:
King Ahaziah’s accident 1:1-6
Elijah, the king’s captains, the king’s death 1:6-18
Elijah goes bodily into heaven 2:1-12
Elisha becomes Elijah’s successor 2:13-18
Elisha heals the bitter water 2:19-22
Elisha, the young men, and the bears 2:23-25
Israel’s bad king Jehoram and Judah’s good king
Jehoshaphat join hands against Moab 3:1-27
Elisha’s miracles 4:1—6:23
Oil for a widow 4:1-7
Raising the dead son of the Shunammite 4:8-37
Pot of stew 4:38-41
Feeding a hundred men 4:42-44
Healing of Naaman’s leprosy 5:1-19
Bringing leprosy on Gehazi 5:20-27
Making the axe head float 6:1-7
Capturing the Arameans 6:8-23
Israel’s war with Ben-Hadad and a miraculous deliverance 6:24—7:20
The Shunammite woman’s land restored 8:1-8
Elisha’s mission to Hazael 8:7-15
Judah’s evil king Jehoram 8:16-24
Judah’s evil King Ahaziah 8:25-29
Jehu becomes king over Israel and reigns 9:1—10:36
A prophet anoints Jehu 9:1-13
Jehu kills Joram and Ahaziah 9:14-28
The death of Jezebel 9:30-37
Jehu kills all of Ahab’s descendants 10:1-17
Jehu destroys Baal worship in Israel 10:18-28
Jehu’s failure, sin, and death 10:29-36
Judah’s evil queen Athaliah 11:1-16
Joash becomes king at age 7 11:17-21
Judah’s good king Joash 12:1-21
Joash’s reforms 12:1-16
Joash’s wrong step 12:17-18
Israel’s evil king Jehoahaz 13:1-9
Israel’s evil king Jehoash 13:10-25
Death of Elisha 13:20
Judah’s good king Amaziah 14:1-22
Israel’s evil king Jeroboam II 14:23-29
Judah’s good king Azariah (Uzziah) 15:1-7
Four evil kings in Israel – Zechariah, Shallum,
Menachem, Pekahiah 15:8-26
The Assyrians capture part of Israel 15:27-31
Judah’s good king Jotham 15:32-38
Judah’s evil King Ahaz 16:1-20
Israel’s last king, the evil Hoshea 17:1-2
The destruction of the northern kingdom and
the exile of the Israelites 17:3-6
The reason for Israel’s destruction and exile 17:7-23
Foreigners settle in Israel 17:24-41
Judah’s good King Hezekiah 18:1—20:21
Hezekiah’s reforms and victories 18:1-8
Sennacherib attacks Judah 18:13-16
Sennacherib’s army comes to Jerusalem 18:17-37
Isaiah predicts Jerusalem’s deliverance 19:1-7
Hezekiah’s prayer 19:14-19
Isaiah sends another message to Hezekiah 19:20-34
The destruction of Sennacherib’s army 19:35-36
Hezekiah’s illness and healing 20:1-11
Hezekiah and the envoys from Babylon 20:12-20
Judah’s wicked king Manasseh 21:1-18
Judah’s evil king Amon 21:19-26
Judah’s good king Josiah 22:1—23:30
The repair of the temple 22:3-7
The book of the law of God found 22:8-20
Josiah’s reforms 23:1-24
Judah’s evil king Jehoahaz 23:31-32
Egypt subdues Judah 23:33-35
Judah’s evil King Jehoiakim, the first invasion
of the Babylonians 23:36—24:7
Judah’s evil king Jehoiachin, the first deportation
of the Jews to Babylon 24:8-17
Judah’s evil King Zedekiah the destruction
of Jerusalem and the people’s deportation 25:1-21
Gedaliah is appointed governor of Judah 25:22-26
Jehoiachin’s time in Babylon 25:27-30