2 Kings
25 chapters, 719 verses. The 12th of 66 books, in History.
How it begins
1Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness.”
3But the LORD’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
Chapters
- 1Ahaziah sends to Baal–zebub
- 2Elijah ascends to heaven
- 3War against Moab
- 4Elisha's miracles
- 5Naaman's healing
- 6Elisha and the horses of fire
- 7The Syrian siege lifted
- 8Elisha anoints kings
- 9Jehu anointed and acts
- 10Jehu's reign
- 11Jehoash crowned by Jehoiada
- 12Jehoash repairs the temple
- 13Jehoahaz and Elisha's death
- 14Amaziah and Jeroboam of Israel
- 15Kings of Israel and Judah
- 16Ahaz seeks Assyrian help
- 17Israel carried away captive
- 18Hezekiah cleanses the kingdom
- 19Isaiah delivers Jerusalem
- 20Hezekiah healed and tested
- 21Manasseh's evil and repentance
- 22The book of the law found
- 23Josiah's great passover
- 24Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem
- 25Jerusalem destroyed and captive
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.