And elijah said unto elisha, tarry here, i pray thee. Every man a beam they made a sort of loghouses with their own hands. And the king went up into the house of the lord, and all the men of judah and all the inhabitants of jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great. We hope that you find the 2 kings summary from the kjv bible chapters and verses helpful to your bible studies and for references as a guide to further reference to the book of 2 kings. King james version 1 then moab rebelled against israel after the death of ahab. 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. Besides that the record of the life of hezekiah or isaiah 36. The book of 2 kings is a sequel to the book of 1 kings. The book of 2 kings, along with 1 kings, was likely written between 560 and 540 b. And keep the charge of the lord thy god, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that. And it came to pass, when the lord would take up elijah into heaven by a.
The tradition is that the prophet jeremiah was the author of both 1 and 2 kings. All this took place because the israelites had sinned against the lord their god, who had brought them up out of egypt from under the power of pharaoh king of egypt. Chapter 6 page 319 the second book of the kings the. Reference is made for example to the book of the acts of solomon 1 kings 11. Outside of the united kingdom, the kjv is in the public domain. Within the united kingdom, the rights to the kjv are vested in the crown. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of 2 kings in the bible king james version. And ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in samaria, and was sick.
The principle source of these hostilities continued in the form of invading bands or plundering parties who would make border raids against the jews cf. May 02, 2020 the book of 2 kings concludes with the final overthrow and deportation of the people of israel and judah to assyria and babylon, respectively. Bible history online images and resources for biblical history. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host. This was no doubt owing to the influence of elisha. And it came to pass, when the lord would take up elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that elijah went with elisha from gilgal. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology. The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of israel and judah by a deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century bce, with a supplement added in the sixth century bce. Thus saith the lord, to morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of samaria. And when the servant of the man of god was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. Kings the book 1 of kings is strikingly unlike any modern historical narrative.
Resources, free bible software, bible art, biblical history topics and study, and ancient bible maps of rome, greece, and ancient near east. It would seem that no man is bound to correct his prelate. Introduction this section calls our attention to the hostilities that israel was experiencing with the king of aram syria. Let us go, we pray thee, unto jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. Audio video bible alexander scourby kjv 982 views 6. Kjv bible verses from 2 kings offer free, online access, for those of the christian faith, to study scriptural passages for biblical studies, contained in the.
Read the book of 2 kings online, king james version kjv translation. It continues the story of the kings over the divided kingdom israel and judah. David guzik commentary on 2 kings 6 describes how god protects elisha from the syrians and opens his servants eyes to see the spiritual protection. Its comparative brevity, its curious perspective, andwith some brilliant exceptionsits relative monotony, are obvious to the most cursory perusal, and to understand these things is, in large measure, to understand the book.