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     Chapter 1

 

Moab rebels against Israel – 2 Kings 1:1-2

Elijah twice brings down fire from heaven upon those sent to apprehend him – 2 Kings 1:5

He pities the third captain and, encouraged by an angel, tells the king of his death – 2 Kings 1:13

Jehoram succeeds Ahaziah – 2 Kings 1:17

 

     Chapter 2

 

Elijah taking leave of Elisha, divides Jordan with his mantle – 2 Kings 2:1-2

and granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven – 2 Kings 2:9

Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah’s mantle, is acknowledged his successor – 2 Kings 2:12

Three days the young prophets seek Elijah, but fail to find him – 2 Kings 2:16

Elijah heals the unwholesome waters with salt – 2 Kings 2:19

Bears destroy the children who mock Elisha – 2 Kings 2:23

 

     Chapter 3

 

Jehoram’s reign – 2 Kings 3:1

Mesha rebels – 2 Kings 3:4

Elisha obtains water and the promise of victory for Jehoram and his host – 2 Kings 3:6

The Moabites, coming to spoil, are deceived by the color of the water and overcome – 2 Kings 3:21

The King of Moab, by sacrificing his own son, raises the siege – 2 Kings 3:26

 

     Chapter 4

 

Elisha multiplies the widow’s oil – 2 Kings 4:1

He gives a son to the good Shunammite – 2 Kings 4:8

He raises again her dead son – 2 Kings 4:18

At Gilgal he renders the poison pottage harmless – 2 Kings 4:38

He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves – 2 Kings 4:42

 

     Chapter 5

 

Naaman goes to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy – 2 Kings 5:1

Elisha, sending him to Jordan, cures him – 2 Kings 5:8

Elisha declines Naaman’s gifts, and grants him some of the earth – 2 Kings 5:15

Gehazi, lying to Naaman in his master’s name, is smitten with leprosy – 2 Kings 5:20

 

     Chapter 6

 

Elisha grants the young prophets’ request – 2 Kings 6:1

He causes iron to swim – 2 Kings 6:5

He discloses Syria’s plans to the king of Israel – 2 Kings 6:8

The army is sent to Dothan to seize Elisha, and is smitten with blindness – 2 Kings 6:13

The Syrians are brought into Samaria, then dismissed in peace – 2 Kings 6:19

The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children – 2 Kings 6:24

The king sends a man to slay Elisha – 2 Kings 6:30

 

     Chapter 7

 

Elisha prophesies plenty in Samaria – 2 Kings 7:1

Four lepers discover the Syrians have fled – 2 Kings 7:3

They return with the tidings  - 2 Kings 7:9

The king spoils the tents of the Syrians – 2 Kings 7:12

The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty is trodden to death in the press – 2 Kings 7:17

 

     Chapter 8

 

The Shunammite’s land is restored by the king because of Elisha’s miracle – 2 Kings 8:1

Ben-hadad sends Hazael to Elisha to learn if he will recover – 2 Kings 8:7

Learning that his master will die, Hazael kills and succeeds him – 2 Kings 8:10

Jehoram’s wicked reign in Judah – 2 Kings 8:16

Edom and Libnah revolt – 2 Kings 8:20

Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram  - 2 Kings 8:24

Ahaziah’s wicked reign – 2 Kings 8:25

He visits the wounded Joram at Jezreel – 2 Kings 8:28

 

     Chapter 9

 

Elisha sends a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead – 2 Kings 9:1

The prophet delivers his message and flees – 2 Kings 9:4-5

Jehu, made king by the soldiers, kills Joram in the field of Naboth – 2 Kings 9:11

Ahaziah is slain at Gur and buried at Jerusalem – 2 Kings 9:27

Jezebel is thrown down out of a window and eaten by dogs – 2 Kings 9:30

 

     Chapter 10

 

Jehu sends out letters and causes seventy of Ahab’s children to be beheaded – 2 Kings 10:1

He excuses his act by Elijah’s prophecy – 2 Kings 10:8

He slays forty-two of Ahaziah’s brethren – 2 Kings 10:12

He takes Jehonadab into his company – 2 Kings 10:15

He destroys all the worshipers of Baal  - 2 Kings 10:18

Jehu follows in Jeroboam’s sinful path – 2 Kings 10:29

Hazael oppresses Israel – 2 Kings 10:32

Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu – 2 Kings 10:35

 

     Chapter 11

 

Jehoash – 2 Kings Joash is saved from Athaliah’s purge of the king’s sons and is hidden six years in the house of God – 2 Kings 11:1

Jehoiada commands the captains concerning Jehoash’s safety and anoints him king – 2 Kings 11:4

Athaliah is slain  - 2 Kings 11:13

Jehoiada restores the worship of God – 2 Kings 11:17

 

     Chapter 12

 

Jehoash gives orders for the repair of the temple – 2 Kings 12:1

Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures – 2 Kings 12:17

Jehoash is slain by his servants, and Amaziah succeeds him – 2 Kings 12:19

 

     Chapter 13

 

Jehoahaz and his wicked reign – 2 Kings 13:1-2

Jehoahaz is oppressed by Hazael but finds relief in prayer – 2 Kings 13:3

Joash succeeds him  - 2 Kings 13:8

His wicked reign – 2 Kings 13:10

Jeroboam succeeds him – 2 Kings 13:12

Elisha, on his deathbed, prophesies that Joash will win three victories over the Syrians  - 2 Kings 13:14

When the Moabites invade the land, Elisha’s bones raise up a dead man – 2 Kings 13:20

After Hazael’s death, Joash wins three victories over Ben-hadad – 2 Kings 13:22

 

     Chapter 14

 

Amaziah’s good reign – 2 Kings 14:1-2

He kills the murderers of his father – 2 Kings 14:5

Amaziah provokes Jehoash and is overcome and spoiled – 2 Kings 14:8

Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash – 2 Kings 14:15

Amaziah is slain by a conspiracy – 2 Kings 14:17

Azariah succeeds him – 2 Kings 14:21

Jeroboam’s wicked reign – 2 Kings 14:23

Zachariah succeeds him – 2 Kings 14:28

 

     Chapter 15

 

Azariah’s good reign – 2 Kings 15:1-2

On his death as a leper, Jotham succeeds him – 2 Kings 15:5

Zachariah, the last of Jehu’s descendants, is slain by Shallum after an evil reign – 2 Kings 15:8

Shallum reigns a month and is slain by Menahem – 2 Kings 15:13

Menahem strengthens himself by gifts to Pul – 2 Kings 15:16

Pekahiah succeeds him – 2 Kings 15:21

Pekahiah is slain by Pekah – 2 Kings 15:23

Pekah is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and is slain by Hoshea – 2 Kings 15:27-28

Jotham’s good reign – 2 Kings 15:32

Ahaz succeeds him – 2 Kings 15:36

 

     Chapter 16

 

The wicked reign of Ahaz – 2 Kings 16:1

Ahaz is assailed by Rezin and Pekah, and hires Tiglath-pileser to fight against them – 2 Kings 16:5

Ahaz sends the pattern and specifications of an altar from Damascus to Urijah – 2 Kings 16:10

He diverts the brazen altar to his own use – 2 Kings 16:14

He spoils the temple – 2 Kings 16:17

Hezekiah succeeds him – 2 Kings 16:19

 

     Chapter 17

 

Hoshea’s wicked reign – 2 Kings 17:1

After subjection by Shalmaneser, he conspires against him with So, king of Egypt – 2 Kings 17:3

Samaria, for her sins, is made captive – 2 Kings 17:5

The foreign nations, which were transplanted in Samaria, make a mixture of religions – 2 Kings 17:24

 

     Chapter 18

 

Hezekiah’s good reign – 2 Kings 18:1-2

He destroys idolatry, and prospers – 2 Kings 18:4

Samaria is carried away captive for her sins – 2 Kings 18:9

Sennacherib invades Judah but is pacified by heavy tribute – 2 Kings 18:13

Rab-shaken, Sennacherib’s messenger, reviles Hezekiah, and by blasphemous persuasion incites revolt – 2 Kings 18:17

 

     Chapter 19

 

Hezekiah, in deep mourning, asks Isaiah to pray for them – 2 Kings 19:1-2

Isaiah comforts them – 2 Kings 19:6

Sennacherib, on the way to an encounter with Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah – 2 Kings 19:8

Hezekiah’s prayer – 2 Kings 19:14

Isaiah prophesies the destruction of Sennacherib and Zion’s good – 2 Kings 19:20

An angel slays the Assyrians – 2 Kings 19:35

Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons – 2 Kings 19:37

 

     Chapter 20

 

Hezekiah receives warning of his death, but his life is lengthened through prayer – 2 Kings 20:1

The sun goes ten degrees backward, as a sign of that promise – 2 Kings 20:8

Merodach-baladan sends men to visit Hezekiah and takes note of his wonderful treasures – 2 Kings 20:12

Isaiah, learning of it, foretells the Babylonian captivity – 2 Kings 20:14

Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah – 2 Kings 20:20

 

     Chapter 21

 

Manasseh’s reign – 2 Kings 21:1-2

His great idolatry – 2 Kings 21:3

His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah – 2 Kings 21:10

Amon succeeds him – 2 Kings 21:17

Amon’s wicked reign – 2 Kings 21:19

After Amon is killed by his servants, and they are slain by the people, Josiah is made king – 2 Kings 21:23

 

     Chapter 22

 

Josiah’s good reign – 2 Kings 22:1-2

His steps to repair the temple – 2 Kings 22:3

After Hilkiah finds a book of the law, Josiah sends to Huldah to inquire of the Lord – 2 Kings 22:8

Huldah prophesies Jerusalem’s destruction, to be delayed throughout Josiah’s life – 2 Kings 22:15

 

     Chapter 23

 

Josiah causes the book to be read in a solemn assembly – 2 Kings 23:1-2

He renews the covenant of the Lord – 2 Kings 23:3

He destroys idolatry – 2 Kings 23:4

He burns dead men’s bones upon the altar of Beth-el, as was prophesied – 2 Kings 23:15

He keeps a most solemn Passover – 2 Kings 23:21

He puts away mediums, wizards and all abominations – 2 Kings 23:24

God’s great wrath against Judah – 2 Kings 23:26

Josiah provokes Pharaoh-nechoh and is slain at Megiddo – 2 Kings 23:29

Jehoahaz succeeds him and is imprisoned by Pharaoh-nechoh, who makes Jehoiakim king – 2 Kings 23:31

Jehoiakim’s wicked reign – 2 Kings 23:36

 

     Chapter 24

 

Jehoiakim is subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebels against him and causes his own ruin – 2 Kings 24:1

Jehoiachin succeeds him – 2 Kings 24:5

The king of Judah is vanquished by the king of Babylon – 2 Kings 24:7

Jehoiachin’s evil reign – 2 Kings 24:8

Jerusalem is taken and the people carried captive into Babylon – 2 Kings 24:10

Zedekiah is made king, and reigns badly – 2 Kings 24:17

 

     Chapter 25

 

Jerusalem is again besieged – 2 Kings 25:1

Zedekiah is taken, his sons slain, and his eyes put out – 2 Kings 25:4

Nebuzaradan defaces the city, and carries into captivity all who are left – 2 Kings 25:8

except poor laborers – 2 Kings 25:12

He carries away the treasures – 2 Kings 25:13

The nobles are slain at Riblah – 2 Kings 25:18

Gedaliah, who was set over those remaining, is slain, and the rest flee into Egypt – 2 Kings 25:22

Evil-merodach promotes Jehoiachin in his court – 2 Kings 25:27 

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