Questions tagged [2-kings]
2 Kings presents the biblical view of history of ancient Israel and Judah from the death of David to the release of his successor Jehoiachin from imprisonment in Babylon.
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How can John 3:13-14 be reconciled with what happened to Enoch, Elijah and Jesus?
While at least two people didn't die, Jesus spoke of only the Son of man ascending into heaven. Jesus next said the Son of man would need to be lifted up.
John 3:13-14 (KJV)
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Is God the creator / bringer of evil according to Isaiah 45:7 and 2 Kings 22:20?
At least two places in the Hebrew Bible can be understood as God bringing evil.
Isaiah 45:7 KJV: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
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Are "Uzziah" and "Azariah" the name of the same king?
This is with reference to the two passages
2 Chronicles 26:
Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old,
and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2 He built
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Why do Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 19 contain the same verses?
If you read Isaiah 37 and compare it with 2 Kings 19, you will notice that these verses are the exact same.
How is it possible or why is it that these verses are identical?
Isaiah 37
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Parallels between Ruth and Elisha?
I'm asking this on behalf of a friend. One of his favorite parts of the bible is that of Elisha, in 2 Kings. But he wanted to get more familiar with the bible as a whole, so in January he started a ...
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Did God lose a fight to another deity?
2 Kings 3:26-27 reads
26 When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed. 27 So he took his ...
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What was the lesson Elisha wanted to teach Joash using the arrows?
In 2 Kings 13:14–17 we find that Joash, the king of Israel, took a bow and some arrows as Elisha told him.
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Elisha said, “Open the east window,” and he did so. Elisha said, “Shoot!”...
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Sacrifice of the first-born son leads to fury
2 Kings 3:24-27
24 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites. 25 They ...
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How old were the youths mauled by bears?
In 2 Kings 2:23, a group of boys jeers Elisha. Various English translations render this "young boys", "young lads", "boys", "small boys". What kind of range does the Hebrew word behind this group of ...
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Why did God change his mind concerning the anointing of Jehu by Elijah in 1 Kings 19?
1 Kings 19:15-18 (NKJV)
15 Then the LORD said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16 Also you shall anoint Jehu ...
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Does 2 Kings 24:6 suggest that King Jehoiakim died peacefully?
In 2 kings 24:6 it is recorded that king Jehoiakim died with his ancestors וישכב יהויקים עם אבותיו. This clearly implies that he died a natural peaceful death in his own land. However, in 2 ...
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In 2 Kings 8:11 was it Hazael or Elisha who settled his countanance stedfastly?
(KJV) 2 Kings 8:11
7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a ...
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Did Elisha tell Hazael that Ben Hadad will recover in 2 Kings 8?
2 Kings 8:9-10 NIV
9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. He went in and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king ...
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Did God command Hazael to tell a lie to Ben-Hadad in 2 Kings 8:10?
2 Kings 8:9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. He went in and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram has ...
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How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
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2 Kings 8:26 (KJV): Two and twenty years old
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2 Chronicles 22:2 (KJV): Forty and two years old
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Did God take the Samaritans out of Egypt (2 Kings 17:36)?
The origin of the Samaritans, as described in the book of Kings, is a group of people brought from Mesopotamia to Samaria by the Assyrians:
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, ...
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Could Baalzebub be the name of a place rather than a god-king?
While researching another issue, I inspected 2 Kings 1:2
וישלח מלאכים ויאמר אלהם
then he sends tasked-men/representatives and telling them
לכו דרשו
to go summon
בְּבַעַל זְבוּב
in Baal Zvuv
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Why did Elisha curse 42 boys?
2 Kings 2:23From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24He ...
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2 Kings 19:18 no gods at all or those weren’t really gods?
“and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.”
2 Kings 19:18
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(2 Kings 8:9-12) imagining/visualizing how Elisha's vision/revelation of Hazel's future destiny is gradually revealed in real time
My Assessment here spawns out of this Related Question: In 2 Kings 8:11 was it Hazael or Elisha who settled his countanance stedfastly?
I'm trying to imagine/visualize how Elisha's vision of Hazel's ...
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