2 Kings

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Chapters in 2 Kings

1. 2 Kings 1: Elijah Confronts King Ahaziah

   Injured in a fall, King Ahaziah of Israel asks a Philistine idol whether he will recover, and Elijah turns his messengers back with the LORD’s sentence of death. Two companies sent to seize the prophet are destroyed by fire from heaven, a humble third captain is spared, and Ahaziah dies as foretold.

2. 2 Kings 2: Elijah Taken Up in a Whirlwind

   Elisha refuses to leave Elijah, asks for a double share of his spirit, and watches him carried into heaven by a whirlwind as a fiery chariot passes between them. With Elijah’s cloak Elisha parts the Jordan, heals Jericho’s spring, and curses jeering boys near Bethel, who are attacked by two bears.

3. 2 Kings 3: Elisha and the War Against Moab

   Jehoram, an evil king of Israel though less than Ahab, joins the kings of Judah and Edom against rebellious Moab until the armies run out of water. For Jehoshaphat’s sake Elisha promises water and victory; Moab mistakes the sunlit water for blood and is routed, until its king sacrifices his son and Israel withdraws.

4. 2 Kings 4: Elisha’s Miracles for the Needy

   Elisha multiplies a poor widow’s oil so she can pay her debt and keep her sons from slavery. He promises a son to a hospitable woman of Shunem and later prays the boy back to life after he dies. He also makes a poisoned stew harmless during a famine and feeds a hundred men with twenty loaves.

5. 2 Kings 5: Naaman Healed of Leprosy

   Naaman, an Aramean army commander with leprosy, comes to Elisha on the advice of a captive Israelite girl. Urged by his servants to bathe in the Jordan as told, he is healed, confesses Israel’s God as the only God, and is refused payment. Gehazi chases him for silver, lies, and is struck with Naaman’s disease.

6. 2 Kings 6: The Floating Axe Head and Samaria’s Siege

   Elisha makes a lost iron axe head float, then warns Israel’s king of Aramean ambushes. When an Aramean army surrounds him at Dothan, God shows his servant fiery chariots, blinds the enemy, and Elisha leads them to Samaria to be fed. Later a siege brings terrible famine, and the king vows to kill Elisha.

7. 2 Kings 7: Four Lepers Find the Camp Deserted

   Elisha announces that the famine in Samaria will end by the next day, and an officer who mocks the promise is told he will see it but not eat. Four lepers find the Aramean camp abandoned, since the Lord made the army flee at a sound of attack. Food becomes cheap, and the officer is trampled at the gate.

8. 2 Kings 8: The Shunammite’s Land and Hazael’s Rise

   The Shunammite woman returns after seven years of famine, and the king restores her land. In Damascus, Elisha weeps as he foresees the harm Hazael will do to Israel, and Hazael kills Ben-hadad and takes the throne. Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah follow Ahab’s ways, and Ahaziah visits the wounded Joram of Israel.

9. 2 Kings 9: Jehu Anointed and Jezebel Falls

   Elisha sends a young prophet to anoint the army commander Jehu as Israel’s king, charging him to wipe out Ahab’s family for Jezebel’s murder of the prophets. Jehu races to Jezreel, kills King Joram on Naboth’s land, and has Ahaziah of Judah struck down. Jezebel is thrown from a window and dies, as Elijah foretold.

10. 2 Kings 10: Jehu Destroys Ahab’s House and Baal

    Jehu has Ahab’s seventy sons and his officials killed, saying the LORD’s word through Elijah has come true. He lures Baal’s worshipers together, destroys them and their temple, yet keeps Jeroboam’s golden calves. God promises his sons four generations of rule, Hazael defeats Israel east of the Jordan, and Jehu dies.

11. 2 Kings 11: Athaliah Falls and Joash Is Crowned

    After Ahaziah’s death, his mother Athaliah seizes Judah’s throne and kills the royal heirs, but his sister Jehosheba hides the young Joash in the temple for six years. The priest Jehoiada then crowns the boy, Athaliah is executed, and the people renew their covenant with the LORD and destroy Baal’s temple.

12. 2 Kings 12: Joash Repairs the Temple

    Joash rules Judah faithfully while Jehoiada the priest guides him, though the high places remain. When the priests fail to repair the temple, Jehoiada sets up a collection chest so trustworthy overseers can pay the workmen. Joash later buys off Hazael of Aram with sacred treasures and is murdered by his own servants.

13. 2 Kings 13: Elisha’s Last Prophecy and Death

    Israel’s kings Jehoahaz and Jehoash keep Jeroboam’s sins and Aram oppresses Israel, yet the LORD shows mercy for His covenant with the patriarchs. The dying Elisha foretells three wins over Aram through the arrows, a dead man revives at his bones, and Jehoash then defeats Aram three times.

14. 2 Kings 14: Amaziah’s Pride and Jeroboam II

    Amaziah of Judah defeats Edom and spares his father’s assassins’ sons as Moses’ law requires, but pride drives him to challenge Jehoash of Israel, who routs Judah and plunders Jerusalem. Jeroboam II, though evil, restores Israel’s borders as Jonah foretold, because God pitied Israel’s suffering.

15. 2 Kings 15: Uzziah’s Leprosy and Israel’s Turmoil

    Azariah, also called Uzziah, rules Judah well but is struck with leprosy, so Jotham governs. In Israel, Zechariah’s murder ends Jehu’s dynasty as God promised, rival kings seize power by assassination, and Assyria takes tribute and captives. As Jotham reigns, the LORD begins sending Aram and Israel against Judah.

16. 2 Kings 16: Ahaz Turns to Assyria

    Ahaz of Judah turns from the LORD, even sacrificing his son. Besieged by Aram and Israel, he pays the Assyrian king with temple treasure to rescue him, and Assyria takes Damascus. Ahaz then copies a foreign altar for the temple, sets aside the LORD’s bronze altar, and reshapes the temple for Assyria’s sake.

17. 2 Kings 17: The Fall of Samaria and Exile of Israel

    Assyria imprisons Hoshea, besieges Samaria, and deports the northern tribes. The narrator explains that Israel was exiled for idolatry and for ignoring the prophets God sent to warn them. Foreign settlers then move into the land and mix worship of the LORD with their own gods.

18. 2 Kings 18: Hezekiah Trusts the LORD Against Assyria

    Hezekiah becomes king of Judah, removes the hilltop shrines, destroys the bronze snake people burned incense to, and trusts the LORD like no other king of Judah. Sennacherib invades and Hezekiah pays tribute, yet an Assyrian envoy mocks his trust in God; the people keep silent, and his officials report back in grief.

19. 2 Kings 19: The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Assyria

    Hezekiah mourns and seeks Isaiah’s prayer, and when Sennacherib sends a threatening letter, he lays it before the LORD and prays. Through Isaiah, God condemns Assyria’s pride and promises to defend the city. That night His angel strikes the Assyrian camp, and Sennacherib goes home and is killed by his sons.

20. 2 Kings 20: Hezekiah’s Illness and the Envoys from Babylon

    Hezekiah becomes deathly ill, prays with tears, and the LORD grants him fifteen more years, confirming it by turning a shadow backward. After envoys from Babylon are shown all his treasures, Isaiah foretells that everything will one day go to Babylon. Hezekiah accepts the word, dies, and Manasseh succeeds him.

21. 2 Kings 21: Manasseh and Amon Lead Judah Astray

    King Manasseh undoes his father Hezekiah’s reforms, filling the temple with idols, practicing the occult and shedding much innocent blood. Through His prophets the LORD announces that Jerusalem will be judged as Samaria was. Manasseh’s son Amon follows his ways and is assassinated, and young Josiah is made king.

22. 2 Kings 22: Josiah and the Rediscovered Law

    King Josiah follows the LORD faithfully and orders the temple repaired. During the work the high priest Hilkiah finds a scroll of God’s law, and Josiah is grieved when it is read to him. The prophetess Huldah confirms coming judgment on Jerusalem but says the humble king will die before it falls.

23. 2 Kings 23: Josiah’s Covenant and Reform

    Josiah reads the covenant book to all Judah, renews the covenant, and purges idolatry from the temple, the land and Bethel, fulfilling prophecy. He keeps a great Passover and is praised as unmatched, yet God’s anger over Manasseh stands. Josiah is killed at Megiddo, and Pharaoh Neco replaces Jehoahaz with Jehoiakim.

24. 2 Kings 24: Babylon Takes Jehoiachin Captive

    After Jehoiakim rebels against Nebuchadnezzar, the LORD sends raiding bands against Judah because of Manasseh’s sins and bloodshed. Jehoiachin surrenders to Babylon, which strips the temple and deports the king, nobles and craftsmen, and Zedekiah is installed and later rebels.

25. 2 Kings 25: Jerusalem Falls and Judah Goes Into Exile

    Babylon besieges Jerusalem until famine breaks it, captures the fleeing Zedekiah, burns the temple and city, and carries off the people and the temple bronze. Gedaliah governs the remnant until he is murdered and the survivors flee to Egypt, and in Babylon the captive Jehoiachin is released and honored.