2 KINGS
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS
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Elijah taken up in a windstorm (1-18)
Elisha heals Jericho’s water (19-22)
Bears kill young boys from Bethel (23-25)
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Elisha multiplies a widow’s oil (1-7)
A Shunammite woman’s hospitality (8-16)
Woman rewarded with a son; he dies (17-31)
Elisha resurrects the dead son (32-37)
Elisha makes stew edible (38-41)
Elisha multiplies bread (42-44)
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Elisha makes axhead float (1-7)
Elisha versus the Syrians (8-23)
Eyes of Elisha’s attendant opened (16, 17)
Syrians mentally blinded (18, 19)
Famine in besieged Samaria (24-33)
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Elisha foretells end of famine (1, 2)
Food found at abandoned Syrian camp (3-15)
Elisha’s prophecy fulfilled (16-20)
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Shunammite woman’s land restored to her (1-6)
Elisha, Ben-hadad, and Hazael (7-15)
Jehoram, king of Judah (16-24)
Ahaziah, king of Judah (25-29)
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Jehu anointed as king of Israel (1-13)
Jehu kills Jehoram and Ahaziah (14-29)
Jezebel killed; dogs eat her flesh (30-37)
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Jehu kills the house of Ahab (1-17)
Baal worshippers killed by Jehu (18-27)
Summary of Jehu’s reign (28-36)
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Athaliah usurps the throne (1-3)
Jehoash secretly made king (4-12)
Athaliah killed (13-16)
Jehoiada’s reforms (17-21)
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Jehoahaz, king of Israel (1-9)
Jehoash, king of Israel (10-13)
Elisha tests Jehoash’s zeal (14-19)
Elisha’s death; his bones resurrect a man (20, 21)
Elisha’s final prophecy fulfilled (22-25)
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Amaziah, king of Judah (1-6)
War with Edom and with Israel (7-14)
Death of Jehoash of Israel (15, 16)
Death of Amaziah (17-22)
Jeroboam II, king of Israel (23-29)
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Azariah, king of Judah (1-7)
Israel’s last kings: Zechariah (8-12), Shallum (13-16), Menahem (17-22), Pekahiah (23-26), Pekah (27-31)
Jotham, king of Judah (32-38)
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Ahaz, king of Judah (1-6)
Ahaz bribes the Assyrians (7-9)
Ahaz copies pagan altar (10-18)
Death of Ahaz (19, 20)
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Hoshea, king of Israel (1-4)
Fall of Israel (5, 6)
Israel exiled because of apostasy (7-23)
Foreigners brought into Samaritan cities (24-26)
Samaritans’ mixed religion (27-41)
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Hezekiah, king of Judah (1-8)
Review of Israel’s fall (9-12)
Sennacherib invades Judah (13-18)
The Rabshakeh taunts Jehovah (19-37)
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Hezekiah seeks God’s help through Isaiah (1-7)
Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (8-13)
Hezekiah’s prayer (14-19)
Isaiah conveys God’s answer (20-34)
Angel slays 185,000 Assyrians (35-37)
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Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery (1-11)
Messengers from Babylon (12-19)
Death of Hezekiah (20, 21)
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Manasseh, king of Judah; his bloodshed (1-18)
Amon, king of Judah (19-26)
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Josiah, king of Judah (1, 2)
Instructions for temple repair (3-7)
Book of the Law found (8-13)
Huldah’s prophecy of calamity (14-20)
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Josiah’s reforms (1-20)
Passover celebrated (21-23)
Josiah’s further reforms (24-27)
Josiah’s death (28-30)
Jehoahaz, king of Judah (31-33)
Jehoiakim, king of Judah (34-37)
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Jehoiakim’s rebellion and death (1-7)
Jehoiachin, king of Judah (8, 9)
First deportation to Babylon (10-17)
Zedekiah, king of Judah; his rebellion (18-20)
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Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem (1-7)
Jerusalem and its temple destroyed; second deportation (8-21)
Gedaliah made governor (22-24)
Gedaliah murdered; people flee to Egypt (25, 26)
Jehoiachin released in Babylon (27-30)