2 Kings
The Second Book of Kings
How each chapter begins
- 2 Kings 1
Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
- 2 Kings 2
When the LORD was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
- 2 Kings 3
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah…
- 2 Kings 4
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is…
- 2 Kings 5
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him…
- 2 Kings 6
The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us.
- 2 Kings 7
Elisha said, “Hear the LORD’s word. The LORD says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a…
- 2 Kings 8
Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household…
- 2 Kings 9
Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this…
- 2 Kings 10
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the…
- 2 Kings 11
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
- 2 Kings 12
Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was…
- 2 Kings 13
In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over…
- 2 Kings 14
In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 15
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 16
In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 17
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
- 2 Kings 18
Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 19
When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD’s house.
- 2 Kings 20
In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “The LORD…
- 2 Kings 21
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name…
- 2 Kings 22
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was…
- 2 Kings 23
The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 24
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned…
- 2 Kings 25
In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came…