2 Kings — Chapters

Elijah confronts Ahaziah’s reliance on Baalzebub, delivers a divine judgment that the king will die, and the prophet is shown the power of God through fire from heaven.

Elijah is taken into heaven by a whirlwind while Elisha inherits his mantle and spirit, enabling him to perform miracles such as parting the Jordan River, healing the waters, and delivering a curse on mocking children.

Israel, Judah, and Edom form an alliance to confront Moab, guided by Elisha’s prophecy of divine water and victory, but Moab ultimately withdraws after a failed counterattack.

Elisha’s miracles for a Shunammite woman illustrate God’s provision and mercy: she receives an overflow of oil, bears a son who later dies, and he is resurrected, while Elisha also turns a famine into abundance.

Naaman, a Syrian commander afflicted with leprosy, is healed through the prophet Elisha after refusing to follow the king of Israel’s counsel and eventually washing in the Jordan River.

Elisha performs miracles to aid Israel against Syrian invasion, uses prophetic power to protect the king, and the narrative ends with a moral crisis during a siege.

During a siege by the Arameans, prophet Elisha foretells famine and a miraculous price for grain; the Israelites discover an abandoned Syrian camp, leading to victory and the fulfillment of the prophecy.

Elisha warns a widow to flee a coming famine, restores her dead son, prophesies the downfall of Israel’s royal line, and predicts the death of the Syrian king Benhadad and the rise of Hazael, while chronicling the reigns of Joram and Ahaziah amid conflict with Syria and Edom.

Elisha anoints Jehu in Ramoth‑gilead, Jehu departs Israel’s king Joram and Judah’s king Ahaziah, and finally slays Jezebel, ending Ahab’s dynasty.

Jehu violently overthrows Ahab’s dynasty, eradicates Baal worship, yet fails to eliminate the legacy of Jeroboam’s idolatry, securing a brief reign before the kingdom falls.

Athaliah’s murderous reign ends when Jehoiada and Jehosheba restore Joash to the throne; the people reject Baal worship and reestablish covenantal order.

King Jehoash attempts to repair the Temple and fight idolatry, yet his reign ends in betrayal and death, illustrating the complex struggle for religious reform in Judah.

The chapter records the reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash of Israel, the continued oppression by Syria, and the death of Elisha with associated post‑mortem miracles.

The chapter records a succession of kings in both Israel and Judah, highlighting their repeated apostasy and the resulting foreign domination, especially by Assyria and Syria.

Ahaz of Judah reigns in idolatry, faces a siege from Syria and Israel, seeks aid from Assyria, and builds a foreign altar in Jerusalem.

Israel’s apostasy under Hoshea triggers Assyrian conquest, exile, and replacement of the Israelites, while Judah remains but likewise turns from God.

Hezekiah’s reign begins with religious reform, but his kingdom faces the looming Assyrian threat, culminating in a prophetic confrontation between Rabshakeh and Jerusalem’s leaders.

Hezekiah, facing the Assyrian threat, turns to Isaiah and to God in deep prayer, and Isaiah’s prophecies assure God’s deliverance, which is fulfilled when an angel annihilates Sennacherib’s army.

Hezekiah, king of Judah, is gravely ill, but the prophet Isaiah brings a divine promise of healing and extended life, while also warning of impending Babylonian judgment.

The chapter chronicles the reigns of Manasseh and Amon, both of whom embrace idolatry, leading to divine judgment and the transition to the reformist king Josiah.

King Josiah discovers the Book of the Law in the temple, reacts with sorrow, and seeks prophetic counsel, receiving both a warning of impending judgment and a comforting promise of protection for himself.

King Josiah renewed Judah’s covenant with God, eradicated idolatry, reinstated the Passover, and set a precedent for wholehearted devotion, though the chapter ends with a warning of impending judgment.

2 Kings 24 recounts Judah’s downfall: Jehoiakim’s rebellion, Babylon’s siege and exile of Jehoiachin, installation of Zedekiah, and his own rebellion leading to further judgment.

Jerusalem falls to Babylon, the temple and city are destroyed, many are exiled, and Judah’s leaders are captured or killed, ending Israel’s sovereignty.