Summary: Sixteen year old Azariah's 52 year reign in Judah is summarized (there are more details in 2 Chronicles 26), and the mayhem going on in Israel during his reign is compared to his timeline. Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 14
Summary: Amaziah becomes king of Judah after they kill his father. He proceeds to kill the men who killed his father, win a war against the Edomites, and dramatically lose a war with Jehoash of the Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 13
Summary: Jehoahaz and his son Joash call on Yahweh for help, but never learn from that to stop worshipping idols and follow him. We get some details of Joash going to visit Elisha when he is dying, Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 12
Summary: Jehoash, a variant spelling of Joash, calls for repair of the temple. The priests do not attend to it in a timely manner, so after some frustration is expressed by Jehoash, Jehoiada puts a Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 11
Summary: Athalia begins her reign of terror by killing the royal offspring, but the wife of the priest, who happens to be a sister to the former king, rescues one baby boy and hides him in Yahweh's Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 10
Summary: Jehu motivates those who have cared for Ahab's sons to cut off their heads, which are then sent to him in baskets and used to help politically consolidate his position. The brothers of the Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 9
Summary: Elisha gives instructions to a young man who is one of the sons of the prophets to anoint Jehu as the next king of Israel and give Jehu instructions to wipe out the male line of Ahab and Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 8
Summary: Elisha warns the Shunammite woman about an impending 7 year famine. She returns after the famine to ask the king of Israel for her land to be returned to her at the same time that Gehazi is Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 7
Summary: Elisha prophesies that the famine will be dramatically ended the next day, but one of the king's captains scoffs at this, whereupon his death is predicted as well. Four lepers are the first Continue Reading
Reading 2 Kings Chapter 6
Summary: Elisha helps a man who accidentally loses a borrowed ax head. He also sends supernatural military intelligence to the king of Israel, which frustrates the king of Syria so that he tried to Continue Reading