The Old Testament Book of 2 Kings

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
2 Kings 19:27-28 KJV

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* CHAP * COMMENTS

* 1 * Ahaziah, king of Israel, is ill from a fall & sends to the god of Ekron to inquire if he will recover; Elijah meets messengers & sends a rebuke to the king. The king sends men to get Elijah & he calls fire from heaven. Elijah repeats his message to the king.

* 2 * Elijah is taken into heaven in a whirlwind. The prophets search for his body but can't find it. Waters healed according to the saying of Elisha. Children torn with bears for mocking the Lord's prophet.

* 3 * Jehoram, son of Ahab, reigns in Israel. Moab revolts. Jehoram asks Jehoshaphat for aid. They ask direction of the Lord at the insistence of Jehoshaphat through Elisha. Moab is defeated. King of Moab offers his eldest son as a sacrifice.

* 4 * Miracles by Elisha include increasing the widow's oil, The Shunammite woman's son, removing the death in the pot, & increasing the food.

* 5 * Naaman is cleansed. Gehazi is greedy and is punished.

* 6 * The iron ax head swims. Elisha informs King of Israel about the King of Syria's invasion plans. Syrian army is struck blind at the word of Elisha. Samaria is besieged and a famine results. A woman slays her son for food. The king determines to slay Elisha.

* 7 * Elisha predicts plenty on the morrow. Four lepers discover the work of the Lord and the fulfillment of prophecy.

* 8 * Elisha sends the Shunammite woman away from the famine to come. After the famine the king questioned Gehazi of Elisha'a miracles. The return of the woman. The King of Syria questions Elisha if he will recover. Hazael slays the King of Syria & reigns in his stead. Jehoram begins to reign with his father. Ahaziah begins to reign in Judah.

* 9 * Jehu anointed king of of Israel. Joram king of Israel, Ahaziah king of Judah, and Jezebel slain.

* 10 * Ahab's 70 sons beheaded; Brethren of Ahaziah slain; Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. Jehu reigns 28 years in Israel and dies. His son son Jehoahaz reigns in his stead.

* 11 * Athaliah slays all the royal seed and reigns for 7 years. Joash saved by his aunt Jehosheba. Jehoidada's care and preparations for Joash. Athaliah is executed. Baal's house destroyed. Joash begins to reign.

* 12 * The temple repaired. when the gold in the house of the Lord & the house of the king is given to Hazael king of Syria he departs from Jerusalem. Joash slain by his servants. Amaziah his son reigns.

* 13 * Jehoahaz King of Israel son of Jehu reigns in Israel. When he dies his son Joash reigns. When he dies his son Jeroboam reigns. Elisha dies. A dead man is raised when he contacts the bones of Elisha. Hazael dies.

* 14 * Amaziah reigns in Judah. He is unsuccessful at war with Jehoash king of Israel. Jehoash dies & his son Jeroboam reigns in Israel. Amaziah is assasinated. Jeroboam dies & his son Zachariah reigns in Israel.

* 15 * Azariah reigns 52 years in Jerusalem and is succeeded by his son Jotham. Zachariah reigns in Israel 6 months and is slain by Shallum. After a month Menahem slays Shallum. Menahem dies and his son Pekahiah reigns 2 years and is slain by Pekah. After 20 years Pekah is slain by Hoshea. Jotham's reign & death in Judah. Ahaz his son reigns in Judah.

* 16 * The reign of Ahaz. Ahaz makes alliance with Tiglathpileser king of Assyria against kings of Israel and Syria. The alter of Damascus is duplicated. The brazen alter and laver moved from the temple of the Lord. Ahaz dies and his son Hezekiah reigns in Judah.

* 17 * Hoshea reigns in Israel & is captured by king Shalmaneser of Assyria. Israel is defeated and is carried into captivity. Men from other places are sent to the cities of Samaria. The sins of Israel.

* 18 * The reign of Hezekiah. Destruction of the Brazen serpent. Assyria comes against Israel asking have the gods of any other land spared their people from his hand.

* 19 * Hezekiah sends to Isaiah. The king of Assyria Blasphemes. Hezekiah prays. The Lord's response to the king of Assyria-I know thy abode, and thy rage against me. I will defend this city. The angel of the Lord slays 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. The king of Assyria slain by two of his sons.

* 20 * Hezekiah sick unto death, his prayer and its answer. The shadow on the sun dial moves back 10 degrees. The Babylonian captivity prophecied.

* 21 * Manaseh wicked reign is worse than the Amorites before him. His son Ammon is also wicked and is slain by his servants. Josiah, Ammon's son, reigns in Judah.

* 22 * Josiah has the Lord's house repaired. The book of the law is found. The Lord's anger is great, but he will not bring evil on Judah during the life of Josiah.

* 23 * Josiah's covenant. Idolatry is destroyed from Judah including the high places built by Solomon. There was no king like unto Josiah. King Josiah is slain in battle with Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt at Megiddo. Josiah's son Jehoahaz reigns in Judah for 3 months. Pharaohnechoh captures him and places his brother Eliakim [Jehoiakim] on the throne.

* 24 * The Lord sends many against Judah. Jehoiakim dies and Jehoiachin his son reigns in Judah. Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon takes Judah and carries many off into captivity. Mattaniah [Jehoiakim's brother] is made king & his name changed to Zedekiah.

* 25 * Nebuchadnezzar besieges and takes Jerusalem. Zedekiah flees but is captured. Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed. Gedaliah made ruler but is slain. Jehoichin freed from prison in Babylon and given an allowance.

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