Class • 2 Kings • 2020-11-18

2 KINGS

Summary

1 Samuel • Saul

2 Samuel • David

1 Kings • Solomon, Elijah

2 Kings • Elisha, various Kings

The Northern Kingdom • 1-10

THE MINISTRY OF ELISHA, AND CONCLUDES WITH THE DEATH OF JEHU, ISRAEL’S TENTH KING.

Assyrian Captivity • 11-17

(JONAH, AMOS AND HOSEA PROPHESIED AT THIS TIME IN ISRAEL.)

The Southern Kingdom • 18-25

OBADIAH, JOEL, ISAIAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, AND JEREMIAH

2 Kings 1

God, through Elijah, pronounces judgment on Ahaziah

2 Kings 2

Elijah ascends to heaven; Elisha succeeds him, performing miracles

2 Kings 3

Moab’s rebellion against Israel put down

2 Kings 4

Elisha and the widow’s oil; Elisha raises the Shunammite’s son

2 Kings 5

Naamon’s leprosy healed

2 Kings 6

The floating ax head; Syria besieges Samaria

2 Kings 7

The Syrian forces flee, and Israel plunders their camp

2 Kings 8

The death of the Syrian King; Jehoram and Ahaziah reign in Judah

2 Kings 9-10

Jehu anointed king of Israel; Jehu assassinates Ahab’s family, as well as Jezebel and Ahaziah, king of Judah; Jehu dies

2 Kings 11

Athaliah reigns in Judah; Joash crowned king of Judah

2 Kings 12

Joash the boy king reigns in Judah; Joash repairs the temple

2 Kings 13

Jehoahaz and Jehoash reign in Israel; Elisha dies

2 Kings 14

Amaziah reigns in Judah; Jeroboam II reigns in Israel

2 Kings 15

Azariah and Jotham reign in Judah; Various kings reign in Israel

2 Kings 16

Ahaz reigns in Judah; Ahaz allies with Assyria against Syria

2 Kings 17

Hoshea reigns in Israel; Assyria conquers Israel

2 Kings 18

Hezekiah reigns in Judah; Sennacherib sends an army against Judah

2 Kings 19

Isaiah assures Hezekiah; Hezekiah’s prayer; Sennacherib’s defeat

2 Kings 20

Hezekiah’s life extended; Hezekiah’s mistake and death

2 Kings 21

Manasseh and Amon reign in Judah

2 Kings 22

Josiah reigns in Judah; Hilkiah finds the book of the law

2 Kings 23

Josiah restores true worship and the Passover; Josiah dies

2 Kings 24-25

Nebuchadnezzar conquers Judah and destroys Jerusalem; King Zedekiah and the people carried into Babylonian captivity

Key Verses:

2 Kings 17:22–23

2 Kings 17:22–23 KJV 1900

22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; 23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

The people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam did.

They did not depart from them, until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets.

So Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria until this day.

2 Kings 23:24–25

2 Kings 23:24–25 KJV 1900

24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him

2 Kings 24:1–4

2 Kings 24:1–4 KJV 1900

1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done. . . .

Practical Lessons:

Departure from God brings eventual ruin

2 Kings 25 Nebuchadnezzar conquers Judah and destroys Jerusalem; King Zedekiah and the people carried into Babylonian captivity

Romans 6:23 KJV 1900

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God’s judgment is not meant to surprise us, but will come as predicted

2 Kings 17:23 KJV 1900

23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

2 Peter 3:8–11 KJV 1900

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

We must restore the religion God has authorized

2 Kings 22:3-25;

Romans 6:17 KJV 1900

17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

2 John 9 KJV 1900

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

1 Corinthians 4:6 KJV 1900

6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

We may not understand why God commands some activities, but we must obey nonetheless

(2 Kings 5:12-14; Mark 16:16).

2 Kings 5:12–14 KJV 1900

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Mark 16:16 KJV 1900

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.