Elisha’s bones
Jehoash rules Israel, seeks help from God through Elijah to defeat Hazael (king of Aram) for a while; Hazael also …
Category Archives: 2 Kings
What sort of king was Joash?
Athaliah (the Queen mother) rules Judah until her grandson and rightful heir, Joash, comes out of hiding and is crowned …
Jehu and ridding the land of Baal
Ahaziah rules Judah for a year Jehu kills him and Joram (king of Israel): 2 Kings 8:23−29; 2 Chronicles 22:1−7; …
Naaman: healed for God’s glory
Elisha heals Naaman, knows about Gehazi’s greed, floats an axe head, forsees the outcome of yet another siege of Samaria …
Elisha feeds the multitudes
Elijah is taken up to heaven and Elisha gets his master’s gifts, then helps a widow, stays with a Shunemite woman, …
Jehoshaphat let God win the war
Ahaziah king of Israel/Samaria dies and snubs Elijah (and God); his son, Joram, forms an alliance with Jehoshaphat (of Judah) …
Respect comes with fulfilled prophecy
Decades of Babylonian history in a few brief paragraphs: Jeremiah 52:28–30; Ezekiel 29:17–21; Jeremiah 52:31–34; 2 Kings 25:27–30 Jeremiah left us …
Don’t ask unless you want the answer
Gedaliah is assassinated, then the Judeans flee to Israel for fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar, even though Jeremiah tells them not to. Jeremiah is …
Even Nebuchadnezzar knew Judah didn’t serve God
The Temple is destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar installs Gedaliah as governor of Judah and instructs his captain to find Jeremiah and offer him safety …
Zedekiah tries to flee Jerusalem’s end
Ezekiel prophesies against Egypt; Jerusalem falls and Zedekiah tries to escape but he’s captured, loses his eyes and is taken to Babylon: Ezekiel 30–31; 2 …
The start of a long siege
Nebuchadnezzar starts his final invasion of Judah: 2 Kings 25:1–2; Jeremiah 52:3–5; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 24 So it finally happened. After …
King Zedekiah is a rotten fig
Judgement for Jerusalem’s remaining elite, with a special focus on false prophets: Jeremiah 24, 23, 29 Jeremiah had some courage. Jerusalem would still …
Zedekiah rules over not much
Jehoiachin deported in chains after a siege of Jerusalem; he’s replaced by his uncle, Zedekiah: 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 24:10–17; …
Power shift from Egypt to Babylon
Jehoiakim taken by Nebuchadnezzar and replaced with Jehoiachin (the second exile); Jeremiah prophesies against Jehoiachin: 2 Kings 24:5–7; 2 Chronicles 36:6–8; 2 Kings 24:8–9; 2 …
Nebuchadnezzar recognises God’s power
Nebuchadnezzar’s first invasion of Jerusalem and Daniel’s first few years in exile: 2 Kings 24:1–4; Daniel 1–3 Jeremiah heard God well: Judah …
Judah turns down a chance to repent
Jehoiakim kills the prophet Uriah and his people threaten to kill Jeremiah for prophesying the destruction of the Temple, but older, …
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