2 Kings
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Second Kings continues the history of the divided kingdoms through the ministries of Elijah and Elisha to the fall of both Israel and Judah. It demonstrates the consequences of persistent unfaithfulness to God's covenant.
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Israel's kings lead the nation into exile, but God's promise of a Messiah endures.
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Did You Know?
- Records the fall of both Israel (722 BC) and Judah (586 BC)
- Elisha performed twice as many miracles as Elijah
- Naaman the Syrian was healed of leprosy by washing in the Jordan 7 times
- Hezekiah's life was extended by 15 years after prayer
- The youngest king was Joash, crowned at age 7
- Josiah was the last good king of Judah
- The Assyrians deported Israel's 10 northern tribes - the "lost tribes"
- Elijah was taken to heaven in a chariot of fire without dying
- Sennacherib's army of 185,000 was destroyed in one night
- The book ends with Judah in Babylonian exile