Second kings features many unique events and people. Besides that the record of the life of hezekiah or isaiah 36. He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in jerusalem. Shutting heaven and stopping the rain for three years. Oil multiplied, the grain increased daily, the widow woman. The book was divided into the two books of first kings and second kings in the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, and continues as such in the latin vulgate and our christian old testament of the bible. This is a selftest on chapters 12 22 of the book of i kings. The author is neither indicated in the text nor known by scholars.
This is how we count ages today, starting with the beginning of the second year as one. So the king of israel and jehoshaphat and the king of edom went down to him. This is a selftest on chapters 1 12 of the book of ii kings. The present hebrew bibles that use an alternate christian method of chapter and verse have the above verse as no. Joash repairs the temple in the seventh year of jehu, joash became king. Jeroboam, who resisted solomons policies, heard about rehoboams coronation while he was still in egypt remember he fled from solomon. Chapter 12 of first kings begins with solomons son rehoboam who became king of israel in his fathers place. The 2nd book of kings 2 kings from the holy bible new international version niv book 12 please note we have increased the volume and the pitch of the audio for a clearer sound, so this. The second book of kings chapter 25 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible. And it came to pass, when the lord would take up elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that elijah went with elisha from gilgal.
The book was divided into the two books of first kings and second kings in the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, and continues as such in the latin vulgate and our christian. He was most likely a prophet, because many of the historical events. They will lead the people into idol worship and apostasy from yahwehs covenant. And jehoash king of judah took all the hallowed things that jehoshaphat, and jehoram, and ahaziah, his fathers, kings of judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the lord, and in the king s house, and sent it to hazael king of syria. The second book of the kings, chapter 14 sacred name. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of bible. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of 2 kings in the bible new international version. The book of 2 kings is a sequel to the book of 1 kings. Elijahs eight miracles from first and second kings. The second book of the kings, chapter 12 sacred name. Summary of the books of kings the story of the bible. My title for this weeks lesson is soap opera and understanding satans power. Kings, or in greek, was originally a book of the former prophets in hebrew scripture.
In the second year of joash son of jehoahaz king of israel reigned amaziah the son of joash king of judah. Solomon has adonijah executed along with the rest of his enemies, and gets to work building an empire. It concludes the deuteronomistic history, a history of israel also comprising the books of joshua and judges and the book of samuel, which biblical commentators believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the. At the same time, an underlying reason for these stories do show demonic. It has subdivisions of hezekiah seeks help from god, isaiah foretells assyrias defeat, sennacheribs message to hezekiah, the prayer of hezekiah, isaiahs prophecy of. All these sources had ever been in some measure open, but instead of. And jehu wrote letters, and sent to samaria, unto the rulers of jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up ahabs children, saying. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, if. The book of 2 kings, along with 1 kings, was likely written between 560 and 540 b. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. The tradition is that the prophet jeremiah was the author of both 1 and 2 kings. In the seventh year of jehu jehoash began to reign. The prophet elijah left this earth without dying 2. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. In the books of 1 and 2 kings, nineteen evil kings from nine different dynasties rule the northern kingdom of israel. Enoch was the only other man in the bible to do so genesis 5. Reference is made for example to the book of the acts of solomon 1 kings 11.
This is the holy book of 1 kings, known as the second book of the kings, otherwise called the fourth book of the kings. As we noted in the previous chapter, 1 and 2 kings originally comprised one book of history. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. Before you attempt to answer the questions below you should read these chapters in the bible and answer the questions at the end of each chapter found at the website answer the questions below and then click ok to send your answers. The second book of kings otherwise called the fourth book of kings. The book of 2 nd kings is narrative history and prophecy concerning the affairs of the divided kingdoms. Their sins will result in conquest by the kingdom of assyria in 722 bc, to exile from their homeland, and to captivity in. As the illustrious life of king david draws to a close, only some quick thinking by the prophet nathan and solomons mom bathsheba prevents adonijah from stealing the throne from solomon, the rightful king. He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the lord. The recording is dramatized, from the king james bible. This is the last in a series on the old testament prophet elijah. The second book of kings, otherwise known as the fourth. The second book of kings niv audio holy bible youtube. As he stretched himself out on him, the boys body grew warm.
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