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2 Kings

Old Testament · translated from the Hebrew

The end of the two kingdoms. Elisha succeeds Elijah; Israel falls to Assyria because of its idolatry, and then Judah, despite faithful kings like Hezekiah and Josiah, falls to Babylon: Jerusalem and the temple are destroyed.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
  18. 18
  19. 19
  20. 20
  21. 21
  22. 22
  23. 23
  24. 24
  25. 25

How it is laid out

  1. Elishachapters 1–8
  2. The two kingdoms until the fall of Israelchapters 9–17
  3. Judah until the exilechapters 18–25

Key verses

Who wrote it

The book does not say who wrote it. In Hebrew it formed one book with 1 Kings. Jewish tradition attributes it to Jeremiah (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 15a). Authorship is debated.

When it was written

Probably during the exile in Babylon, around 560 BC or somewhat later: the last event it tells is from around 561 BC (25:27).

For whom, and in what situation

The Israelites in exile in Babylon or after. The book explains to them why Samaria and Jerusalem fell (17:7–23) and ends with a king of David’s house still alive (25:27–30).

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