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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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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Did King Hezekiah do something wrong in showing off his wealth to emissaries from Babylonia in II Kings 20?
The Hezekiah (Heb: Chizkiyahu) narrative in II Kings (chapters 17 – 20) and Isaiah (36 – 39) concludes on a dissonant and haunting confrontation between King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah. Hezekiah ...
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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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Is 2 Chronicles 35:26-27 referring to 2 Kings, or to a different book?
2 Chronicles 35:26-27 (NIV):
26 The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in the Law of the Lord— 27 all the events, from beginning to end, are ...
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In 2 Kings 13:18, did Joash shoot three arrows or beat them against the ground by hand?
In 2 Kings 13:14–19, we have an interaction between Elisha and Joash, king of Israel, in which Elisha prophesies victory over Syria, but because of Joash's failure, the victory will only be a partial ...
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Why does Luke call the birth of Christ a sign in Luke 2:11-12?
(KJV) Luke 2:11-12
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
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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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Are the 24 elders of Revelation Past Kings of Judah and Israel?
Revelation identifies 24 elders:
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. ...
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Are these two raids or one continuous siege in 2 kings 25?
2 Kings 25:1 (KJV)
1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against ...
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How did the shadow move back ten steps in 2 Kings 20:8-11?
There are several things I'd like to know about this passage:
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD on the ...
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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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Where was Elijah's hair?
Two modern translations of the Bible render 2 Kings 1:8 differently:
They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” [...
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Assyrian Invasions of Israel
Previous to the fall of Samaria, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria made several excursions into Israel. The biblical records mention three:
The first was against Menahem (2 Kings 15:19-20) but he was ‘...
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Why do some parts of the books of Kings not appear in the books of Chronicles?
II Kings 14:28 KJV — Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all
that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he
recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah,
for Israel, are ...
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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 Jehoahaz and Jehoash's reign overlap?
2 Kings 13:1 says that Jehoahaz began to reign in the 23rd year of Joash king of Judah and that he (Jehoahaz) reigned for 17 years. This means that Jehoahaz's reign ended in the 40th year of Joash's ...
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Is 2 Kings 23:25 intended to be literal, King Josiah even better than King David?
With regards to this statement about Josiah:
Before him there was no king alike him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law ...
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Water seen as blood for Moabites but not for Israelites?
I have question regarding this miracle performed during the time of Prophet Elisha
II Kings 3 : 20-23 says:
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Where was Elisha when he sent a son of the prophets to Ramoth Gilead to anoint Jehu?
Where was Elisha when he sent a son of the prophets to Ramoth Gilead to anoint Jehu in 2 kings 9:1?
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Who began his reign first: Jehoram of Israel, or Jehoram of Judah?
2Ki 3:1 says that Jehoram became king in Israel in Jehoshaphat's 18th year.
2Ki 1:17 says that Jehoram became king in Israel in Jehoram of Judah's 2nd year.
2Ki 8:16 says that Jehoram became king in ...
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Was the books of Kings the source of the Chronicles, or vice versa?
1Ki 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
2 Chr 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
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Why was Elisha bald?
When Elisha is jeered by youths, he is at the beginning of his ministry which lasted approximately 50 years and so seemingly fairly young still. He is jeered, however, for being being bald. Did he ...
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What do we learn from the different usages of "aman" and "batach" in the OT?
aman (Strong's H539) and batach (Strong's H982) are both used in the OT to imply some level of trust in God.
And he believed (aman:H539) in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (...
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Why did the commanders put their garments under Jehu?
In 2 Kings 9 we read (ESV):
11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and ...
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What is the literary purpose of not naming the king in 2 Kings 5-7?
Throughout the rest of Kings it seems perfectly normal for the narrator to give the name of any particular king (e.g. Ahab), even when that particular king is wicked (e.g. Ahab). But in 2 Kings 5-7, ...
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