As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. He was to strike the ground by shooting the arrows. The book of 2 kings is a sequel to the book of 1 kings. The second book of kings chapter 23 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible. Second kings features many unique events and people. Enoch was the only other man in the bible to do so genesis 5. Hilkiah tells shaphan that hes found the book of the law probably a version of. They also kill ahaziah, shooting him with an arrow as he flees in a chariot. First and second kings were originally one book, called in the hebrew text, kings, from the first word in 1. The book of 2 kings concludes with the final overthrow and deportation of the people of israel and judah to assyria and babylon, respectively.
Notice too in this book the revelation concerning the victory of god. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon this inquiry, what shall we do to be saved. The book of kings is the ninth book of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the christian old testament. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries. Presented for the first time are the heretofore unknown stories of the house of saul and of the northern kingdom of israel, stories that were artfully concealed by the. Perhaps it was necessary to show, at the outset of his career as a prophet, that he too, so mild and peaceful could, like elijah, wield the terrors of gods judgments 1 kings 19.
The rest of the deeds of josiah and all he did are written in the book of the stories of the kings of juda. Because these young people of about 20 years of age or older the same term is used of solomon in 1 kings 3. The same thing happened with the books of samuel and chronicles immediately before and after the books of kings. Some have cited this as a case of obvious child abuse and an example of conduct that would be unworthy of a prophet of jehovah.
But elisha said, as surely as the lord lives and as you live, i will not leave you. He looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the lord the word curse has in scripture three different acceptations. The waters of the jordan river rolled back twice 2 kings 2. Why did the prophet elisha curse the youths for making. David guzik commentary on 2 kings describes the reign of jehoahaz and. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. The prophet elijah left this earth without dying 2. Benhadad the second, the israelites warred with them.
On this occasion only do we find elisha a minister of vengeance. The second book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on the. Elisha clearly asked joash to do something that modeled prayer. In the second year of jehoashs reign in israel, joashs son amaziah starts to reign. Evidently elishas approach triggered a mass demonstration against. The division was for the convenience of copying this lengthy book. The second book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on. Among the prophetic narratives in the book of kings, the stories about the men. The tradition is that the prophet jeremiah was the author of both 1 and 2 kings. The 23rd year of the reign of joash would have made the king of judah 30 at the time.
King josiah instituted reform by reading the lost scroll of the law in the temple and renewed the covenant with the lord second kings 22. The persons really punished were, not so much the children, as the wicked parents 2. He is living in captivity in babylon, and there is the faint hope that gods promise of an eternal covenant with the house of david and that a davidic king will rule forever will still be fulfilled 2 sam 7. The second book of the kings the argument this second book containeth the acts of the kings of judah and israel. 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 kingdom of judah by babylon in.
The kingdom of judah the destruction of jerusalem previous kings 2 lessons list almighty lord, the destruction of jerusalem should be a reminder to all professed believers that you are great in your mercy and also fair in your judgments. And he went up from thence unto bethel from jericho, which lay in a plain, to bethel, situated on an hill, and therefore is said to go up to it. While 2 samuel leaves off near the end of davids reign, 1 and 2 kings take us from the reign of solomon to the catastrophic division of israel into northern and southern factions. The book of 2 kings, along with 1 kings, was likely written between 560 and 540 b. And elisha said unto him, as the lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, i will not leave thee. Second kings continues the narrative begun in 1 kings.
A popular handbook on bible difficulties wheaton, ill victor books, 1992. Or the water may have appeared by purely miraculous means. Feb 14, 2012 the second book of kings kjv audio holy bible high quality and best speed book 12 duration. The second book of kings continues the line of kings in the divided kingdom, the ten tribes of israel in the north and the two tribes of judah and benjamin in the southern kingdom of judah. The greek translation of the ot, the septuagint lxx, divided the book in two, and this was followed by the latin vulgate vg. 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. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. It continues the story of the kings over the divided kingdom israel and judah.
As in the other cambridge bible commentary volumes, an introduction is followed by the text of the new english bible translation divided into sections. Rather, it is a record of an insulting demonstration against gods prophet by a large group of young men. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and. The second book of kings cambridge bible commentaries on the old testament paperback december 17, 1976 by j. The second book of kings the destruction of jerusalem. The second book of kings kjv audio holy bible high quality and best speed book 12 duration. It continues the story of the kings over the divided. The secret book of kings upends conventions of biblical novels, engaging with the canonized stories of the founding of the kingdom of israel and turning them on their heads. Aug 23, 2016 the secret book of kings upends conventions of biblical novels, engaging with the canonized stories of the founding of the kingdom of israel and turning them on their heads. Each king is recorded as to whether he did good or evil in the sight of the lord. Originally this book and the preceding book were combined into one longer book in the hebrew bible. Since 1 and 2 kings were originally on book, see the introduction to 1 kings for a discussion of these matters.
When jehoash obeyed elisha by shooting an arrow out. 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. This book relates the transactions from the death of saul until the end of davids reign, being a history for the space of about fortysix years. The second book of kings online library of resources. And king josiah went against him, and was slain of him at magedo when he had seen him. His reforms were carried out in full accordance with the book of the law an early form of deuteronomy discovered in the temple during his reign. 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. Contents continuing where 1 kings concluded with ahaziah, 2 kings traces the decline and captivity of both israel and judah. Go up, you baldhead, whereupon elisha cursed them in the name of god, and called two bears out of the forest that mauled the youths 2 kings 2. As he was going along the way, some young boys came out from the city and began to jeer at him, and they kept saying to him. According to the narrative in 2 kings 23, josiah attempted to assert monotheism and a centralized shrine by removing all the heterodox cultic paraphernalia and structures in jerusalem and its vicinity vv.
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