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Biblical Survey Series – 2 Kings

TEXT: The entire book of 2 Kings.

THEME: The success of any kingdom is dependant on it’s allegiance to God. (1 Kg. 9:4 – 9)

INTRO: This book is a history of the Kings of a dividedKingdom. The books of 1 and 2 Kings were originally one book written by Jeremiah around 550 B.C. Jewish tradition says.

  1. The Divided Kingdom, 1:1 – 17:41.
  2. King Ahaziah in Israel.(1:1 – 18) (853-852 / Yahweh holds or sustains)
  3. Ahaziah fell from an upper floor and Elijah sent word that he would die.
  4. Ahaziah sent 50 soldiers after Elijah but he prayed and God killed them.

-Elijah prayed for fire to come from heaven and consume them.

  1. Ahaziah sent another 50 and the same thing happened.
  2. Ahaziah sent another 50 and Elijah went with them.

-Elijah repeated his prediction and Ahaziah died.

  1. The changing of the Prophets; Elijah departs and Elisha takes over. (2:12 – 25)
  2. Elijah is translated into heaven. (2:1 – 11)
  1. Elijah told Elisha to stay behind in Gilgal while he went on to Bethel but he would not.
  2. Elijah told Elisha to stay behind in Bethel while he went on to Jericho but he would not.
  3. Elijah told Elisha to stay behind in Jericho while he went on to Jordan but he would not.
  4. At the Jordan Elijah separated the waters with his mantle then walked across with Elisha.
  5. Elijah asked Elisha what he wanted and Elisha replied a double portion of his spirit.
  6. Elijah replied that if he saw him go up in the whirlwind then he would have it.
  7. A chariot of fire separated the two of them and Elijah was taken up and Elisha saw it.
  8. Elisha’s ministry begins. (12 – 25)
  1. Elisha took Elijah’s mantle and hit the waters and they parted as before.
  2. 50 sons of the prophets asked Elisha to go look for the body of Elijah and he said no.
  3. When they began to shame him he let them go but they did not find anything.
  4. Elisha went up to Bethel and children came out and made fun of his bald head.
  5. Elisha cursed them and 2 she bears came out and hurt 42 of the kids.
  6. King Jehoram (Joram) in Israel. (3:1 – 8:15) (852-841 / Yahweh is high)
  7. Jehoram’s expedition against Moab. (3:1 – 27)
  8. The kings of Israel, Judah and Edom went to battle with Moab.
  9. While on the seventh day of their journey to Moab they could find no water.
  10. They sought out the prophet Elisha for aid.
  11. Elisha prayed a valley to be filled with water and it was.
  12. The Moabite saw the water and it looked to them as blood.
  13. The Moabites attached and were routed.
  14. Elisha’s ministry. (4:1 – 8:15)
  1. Elisha helps a widow. (4:1 – 7)

-A widow was in debt to a creditor and had no way to repay.

-Elisha told her to borrow as many jars as she could and pour the oil that she had in the jars and sell it to pay the debt.

-Elisha multiplied the oil to fill all of the jars to help the widow.

  1. Elisha and the Shunammite woman. (8 – 37)

-A Shunammite woman and her husband built a room for Elisha to stay in as he traveled by their way.

-He asked if he could do something for them but they said no.

-Elisha’s servant said they were childless so Elisha told her she would have a son by next year.

-The son was born and grew and hit his head and died.

-The woman sent for Elisha who raised him from the dead upon coming back to life the boy sneezed 7 times.

  1. Elisha at Gilgal. (38 – 44)

-Elisha provided food for the sons of the prophets to eat.

-When one man put poisoned berries in a soup by mistake Elisha added meal to it to make it edible.

  1. Elisha and Naaman the leper. (5:1 – 27)

-A little servant girl told Naaman’s wife of a prophet in Israel who could heal.

-Naaman went to the king of Israel but he could not help.

-Elisha sent word to send Naaman to him.

-When Naaman arrived Elisha would not come to the door but told him to wash in the Jordan River 7 times and he would be clean.

-After Naaman was healed he offered to pay Elisha but he refused.

-After Naaman started back to Syria Elisha’s servant caught up with him and asked for silver and clothes which Naaman gave him.

-When Elisha found out this deception the servant became leprous.

  1. Elisha recovers the ax head. (6:1 – 7)

-The sons of the prophets were building more housing and one lost the ax head he borrowed to chop with in the water.

-Elisha put a stick in the water and the ax floated to the top and was recovered.

  1. Elisha stops Syria. (6:8 – 8:6)

-The king of Syria after being defeated many times by Israel sent an army of men after Elisha the Prophet.

-The Syrian army surrounded them and Elisha prayed for the Lord to blind them which he did.

-Elisha lead the blinded army into the hands of Israel then prayed for the Lord to open their eyes which he did.

-There was a famine in the land and the people had reverted to cannibalism.

-Elisha predicted that the next day people would have food.

-4 Lepers outside of the city decided they were going to die anyway so they went into the camp of the Syrians.

-The Syrians had fled in the night after hearing the sound of chariots and horses.

-The lepers found the food and told the Israelites who came and gathered it.

  1. Elisha in Damascus. (7 – 15)

-The king of Syria was sick and sent his servant to Elisha to see if he would recover.

-Elisha told the servant that he would recover but that he would die at his hand.

-The servant told the king he would recover and when he was asleep the servant suffocated him.

  1. King Jehoram (Joram) in Judah.(16 – 24) (848-841 / Yahweh is high)
  2. He was 32 when he began to reign and reigned 8 years and died.
  3. He was an evil king and Edom and Libnah revolted under his reign.
  4. King Ahaziah in Judah.(25 – 29)(841 / Yahweh holds or sustains)
  5. He was 22 when he began to reign and reigned 1 year and died.
  6. He was an evil king.
  7. King Jehu in Israel.(9:1 – 10:36)(841-814 / Yahweh is He)
  8. Jehu is anointed by Elisha’s servant. (9:1 – 10)
  9. Jehu defeats Jehoram of Israel. (9:11 – 10:17)
  1. Jehu goes after Jehoram and shoots him in the heart with an arrow as he is trying to flee.
  2. Jehu goes to kill Jezebel and has eunuchs throw her out the window where he then ran over her with his horses.
  3. Jehu killed all 70 of Ahab’s sons as well.
  4. Jehu destroys Baal worshipers. (18 – 36)

a. Jehu made the Baal worshipers believe he was going to have a great feast to Baal but they all gathered in one place his men killed them.

  1. King Athaliah in Judah.(11:1 – 16)(841-835 / whom Yahweh has afflicted)
  2. Athaliah killed all who could make a claim to the throne by blood.
  3. A servant hid one boy in the temple for six years without detection.
  4. On the seventh year of Joash they crowned him king and killed Athaliah.
  5. King Jehoash (Joash) in Judah.(11:17 – 12:21)(835-796 / Yahweh has bestowed)
  6. Joash had the Temple rebuilt and refurbished.
  7. The servants of Joash conspired and killed him.
  8. King Jehoahaz in Israel.(13:1 – 9)(814-798 / Yahweh has grasped)
  9. He was an evil king and reigned 17 years.
  10. King Jehoash (Joash) in Judah.(10 – 25)(798-782 / Yahweh has bestowed)
  11. Elisha was about to die when Joash came to mourn for him.
  12. Elisha told Joash to take an arrow and shoot it out the window toward the East and that God would deliver Judah from the Syrians.
  13. Elisha had Joash take arrows and beat them on the groundAaqaqaa2/
  14. Joash did so 3 times and Elisha told him that is how many times he shall overcome Syria.
  15. Elisha dies and they bury him.
  16. When another man was being buried where Elisha was the man was revived back to life when he touched the body of Elisha.
  17. King Amaziah in Judah.(14:1 – 22)(796-767 / Yahweh is mighty)
  18. Amaziah defeated Edom and called for the king of Israel to fight.
  19. When Israel came to fight they defeated Judah and took their gold.
  20. King Jeroboam II in Israel.(23 – 29)(794-753 / he pleads the peoples cause)
  21. He was an evil king and reigned for 41 years.
  22. King Azariah (Uzziah) in Judah.(15:1 – 7)(790-739 / Yahweh has helped)

1. He came to the throne at 16 was a leper and reigned 52 years.

  1. King Zechariah in Israel.(8 – 12)(753 / Yahweh is renowned)
  2. He was an evil king that reigned 6 months and was assassinated by Shallum his friend in public.
  3. King Shallum in Israel.(13 – 15)(752 / the requited one)
  4. He reigned 1 month and was killed by Menahem who claimed the throne.
  5. King Menahem in Israel.(16 – 22)(752-742 / one who comforts)
  6. He was an evil king that reigned 10 years then died.
  7. He paid the king of Assyria 1,000 talents of silver to keep from war.
  8. King Pekahiah in Israel.(23 – 26)(742-740 / Yahweh hath opened the eyes)
  9. He was the son of Menahem and was also evil and reigned 2 years.
  10. He was killed by one of his captains, Pekah, and some men.
  11. King Pekah in Israel.(27 – 31)(752-732 / opening of the eyes)
  12. He was an evil king who reigned 20 years and was killed by his friend Hoshea.
  13. King Jotham in Judah.(32 – 38)(750-731 / Yahweh is perfect)
  14. He was a good king, the son of Uzziah, who reigned 16 years then died.
  15. King Ahaz in Judah.(16:1 – 20)(731-715 / he has grasped)
  16. He was an evil king who reigned 16 years and sacrificed his son to Molech a pagan god.
  17. He paid the king of Assyria to protect him from the Syrians and the king of Israelwith the gold and silver from God’s house.
  18. He broke up the furniture in God’s house to use the metal to pay the tribute.
  19. King Hoshea in Israel.(17:1 – 41)(732-722 / salvation)
  20. He was an evil king that served “So” the king of Assyria until he was thrown in prison for conspiracy. (1 – 6)
  21. The people ofIsrael rejected God and secretly served idols. (7 – 23)
  22. The beginning of the mixed race of Samaritans. (24 – 41)
  1. The king of Assyria carried away some of the Jews out of Samaria when he overtook it.
  2. The king then brought in people from other Assyrian areas to repopulate the area of Samaria.
  3. These imports intermarried with the Jews and created the mixed race of the Samarians.
  1. The Surviving Kingdom of Judah, 18:1 – 25:30.
  2. King Hezekiah in Judah. (18:1 – 20:21)(715-686 / Yahweh has strengthened)
  3. He was a righteous king who destroyed all of the idols and places of false worship, including the bronze serpent made by Moses. (18:1 – 12)
  1. The serpent also had become an idol.
  2. His deliverance from Sennacherib’s invasions. (18:13 – 19:37)
  1. Hezekiah first avoided defeat by paying tribute money to the king of Assyria as other kings had done.
  2. An Assyrian army came to the city to bargain with Hezekiah and to shame the people into surrendering.

-The captain boasted that the gods of the other nations were not able to stop the Assyrian army and neither could the God of the Jews.

  1. Hezekiah Prays to God for deliverance and God kills 185,000 soldiers in their sleep and the Assyrians leave.
  2. Hezekiah became sick and was going to die but he prayed to the Lord and the Lord granted him another 15 years of life. (20:1 – 11)
  1. He asked for a sign of Gods promise and the shadow of a sundial went backward 10 degrees instead of forward.
  2. Hezekiah showed the visiting Babylonians all of the treasures of the land and the Prophet Isaiah rebuked him for being foolish. (12 – 21)
  1. King Manasseh in Judah. (21:1 – 18)(695-642 / causing to forget)
  2. Was the longest ruling and most evil king Judah ever had.
  1. Not only did he set the places of false worship back up but he encouraged other nations to forsake the Lord and also killed Isaiah the Prophet.
  2. King Amon in Judah. (19 – 26)(642-640 / same as Egyptian deity No)
  3. Amon was the son of Manasseh and was an evil king who was killed by his own servants in his own house.
  4. King Josiah in Judah. (22:1 – 23:30)(640-609 / Yahweh supports him)
  5. He was a good king who had the Temple repaired. (22:1 – 7)
  6. During the renovation of the Temple a book of the law was found and given to Josiah who grieved over his nation’s sin. (8 – 20)
  7. He renews the covenant with the Lord and vows to serve Him. (23:1 – 3)
  8. He reforms the nation. (4 – 30)
  1. He destroys the idols and false priests.
  2. He commanded the false worship to be stopped.
  3. He reinstituted the Passover Feast.
  4. Josiah was killed fighting his enemies.
  1. King Jehoahaz in Judah. (31 – 33)(609 / Yahweh has grasped)
  2. This Josiah’s oldest son but an evil king that Pharaoh imprisoned then put the land to tribute.
  3. King Jehoiakim (Eliakim) in Judah.(23:34 – 24:7)(609-597 / Yahweh will establish)
  4. He also was Josiah’s son also an evil king but Pharaoh let him rule Judah.
  5. When Babylon overtook Egypt Jehoiakim rebelled after 3 years and was killed.
  6. King Jehoiachin in Judah. (8 – 16)(597 / Yahweh will uphold)
  7. This was Jehoiakim’s son which only reigned 3 months before the great Babylonian captivity took place and he was put in a Babylonian prison.
  8. King Zedekiah (Mattaniah) in Judah.(24:17-25:21)(597-586 / Yahweh my righteousness)
  9. This was Josiah’s other son who rebelled against Babylon and they caught him, killed his children then put out his eyes after which they burntTemple to the ground. (24:17 – 25:10)
  10. The general ofBabylon’s army took all of the riches and a lot of the people from Jerusalem to Babylon where some were killed. (11 – 21)
  11. Governor Gedaliah in Judah. (22 – 26)(586 / Yahweh is great)
  12. Gedaliah was placed there by the Babylonian King but was killed by people of the land.
  13. Jehoiachin’s release in Babylon. (27 – 30)
  14. He was released from prison and cared for by the great king of the Babylonians whose name was Nebuchadnezzar.