In these verses there is an anticipation of the gospel that would go out from israel through messiah. The same thing happened with the books of samuel and chronicles immediately before and after the books of kings. Tremper longman iii gives this commentary 5 stars highest rating in his 5th edition of the old testament commentary survey. Like every prophecy uttered by the prophets in kings, this word from the lord came to pass 2 kings 17.
It also explained that just as god had shown mercy to ahab 1 kings 22. Elisha was first mentioned by the author of 1 and 2 kings in 1 kings 19. First kings covers about 126 years of israels history. Now naaman, commander of the army of the king of syria, was a great and honorable man in the.
Ahaziah, ahabs son was ill and he sent his officials to ask of baalzebub the god of ekron if hed recover from his illness. First and second kings were originally one book, called in the hebrew text, kings, from the first word in 1. By the end of this book, both kingdoms will have been conquered and destroyed. The author is neither indicated in the text nor known by scholars. Moab rebelled against israel after the death of ahab.
Church, rich jones bible study, rich jones prayer, pastor rich jones faith. The working preacher team believes that god uses good biblical preaching to change lives. Other tha n restudying genesis and exodus our bible study groups most recent old. Portraits of how god saves introduction the healing of naaman, the leper is not just a story of the healing of a man from one of the most dreaded diseases of ancient times, but it is a story of salvation, one which illustrates the spiritual salvation man finds only in jesus christ and how men come to find that salvation in christ. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries. Dig into the word and become a bible expert with amazing facts line of study bibles and more. Naaman, captain of the host of the king of syria, was a great man with his masterhighly esteemed for his. This program is about getting a new beginning and how to be clean before god.
The first kings is the first half of a single book that was divided into two parts, 1 and 2 kings because together they were too long to fit on one scroll. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. This book shows the decline and fall of the kingdoms. Now hiram king of tyre sent his servants to solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for hiram had always loved david.
Learn what the bible teaches in the book of 2 kings. The first event was the rebellion of moab against israel samaria. All of the kings of israel did evil and israel was carried captive by assyria. Then moab rebelled against israel after the death of ahab 1. The nwt study bible is complete with cross references, maps, and an accurate bible dictionary. The ministry of elisha is generally dated from approximately 850 bc to 800 bc. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the lord had given victory to aram. The translators of the septuagint introduced the separation into two books and this separation was made also in the vulgate. The book of 2 kings is a sequel to the book of 1 kings. Wherefore his servants said unto him, let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin. Summary of the book of 2 kings this is the second part of the book of kings.
First and second kings is the second in a series of three double books. If she sleeps with you, my lord the king will be warm. Book of 2 kings bible survey who were the kings of israel and judah. Listen to chuck swindoll s overview of second kings in his audio message from the classic series gods masterwork. The first half of 1 kings concerns the history of israel from completion of the story of the great king david in the events of the succession of david\s son, solomon, and. The book of kings was originally one book that was later divided into i kings and ii kings. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. The book of kings is the ninth book of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the christian old testament. The two books of kings originally formed one book only in the hebrew bible. The events of this chapter did not follow immediately after those of the previous chapter. Our book begins the discussion of chapter 8 with the statement that it is one of the most.
Watch our overview video on the books of 12 kings, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Originally this book and the preceding book were combined into one longer book in the hebrew bible. Therefore, kings interpreted the peoples experience of exile and helped them to see why they had suffered gods punishment for idolatry. Originally, the double books were single booksone book of samuel, one of kings, and one of chronicles. It concludes the deuteronomistic history, a history of israel also comprising the books of joshua and judges and the book of samuel, which biblical commentators believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the kingdom of judah by babylon in. It continues the story of the kings over the divided kingdom israel and judah. Next chapter of 2 kings the book of 2 kings, chapter 5 we hope that you find the content of the book of 2 kings, chapter 5 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. A brief summary of i kings will help in understanding the significance of the events in 2 kings. Naaman, captain of the host of the king of syria, was a great man with his master highly esteemed for his military character and success. With the departure of elijah, elisha his assistant would become the head prophet. Author and time of writing the two books of kings originally formed one book only in the hebrew bible.
Working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary. Voice bible studies, the books of kings, 2 kings 5. Get the resources for 2 kings with this free online bible study from good morning girls and find all of the graphics, blog posts and videos right. King hiram of tyre had always been a loyal friend of david. The tradition is that the prophet jeremiah was the author of both 1 and 2 kings. As we noted in the previous chapter, 1 and 2 kings originally comprised one book of history.
Choose from 500 different sets of quiz bible 2 kings flashcards on quizlet. Studies in the life of elisha previous page next page. Summary of the book of 1 kings the books of first and second kings were originally one book in the hebrew bible, but were later divided into two books. In naamans healing there are a variety of people who play. Much of page 7 and the top of 8 if ebook commentary on 8. Within that span of chapters, elisha is the major figure in 2 kings 2 8. He was most likely a prophet, because many of the historical events. The second book of kings begins in samaria with events taking place after the death of ahab, king of samaria the ten tribes. Learn quiz bible 2 kings with free interactive flashcards. When hiram learned that davids son solomon was the new king of israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him. The revolt of moabsickness of ahaziah, king of israel. And ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in samaria, and was sick.
In 1 kings, solomon ascended the throne upon the demise of david. In kings, davids son solomon leads israel to greatness, only to. The septuagint translators were the ones who made the divisions, and they did so more or less for the convenience. David recovered from his serious illness and performed a number of important deeds prior to his death as. The book of 2 kings, along with 1 kings, was likely written between 560 and 540 b. Next chapter of 1 kings the book of 1 kings, chapter 2 we hope that you find the content of the book of 1 kings, chapter 2 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Now naaman, captain of the army of the king of aram, was a great man with his master. The greek translation of the old testament, the septuagint lxx, divided the book in two and this was followed by the latin vulgate version and english translations. The first describes healing naaman of leprosy, and verses 114 provide the story. As we come now in our study of 2 kings 5, we are introduced to. So naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. Now, on one of their raids into israelite territory, the aramaeans had carried.