The legacy of King Hezekiah cast a shadow over his great grandson Josiah. Like him, Josiah “did what was right in the LORD’s sight and walked in all the ways…
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Judah enjoyed a prolonged stay in the Promised Land in part because of Hezekiah’s loyalty to the Lord during the siege of Jerusalem. In time, Hezekiah’s faithfulness waned. Near the…
While Israel was exiled during the reign of Hoshea, Hezekiah became king in Judah. During his 29 years in power, “He did what was right in the LORD’s sight just…
God had promised His people His blessing in His land, but they had rejected the covenant (cf. Gen 12.1-3; 15.1-21; Deuteronomy 28-30). What Tiglath-peleser king of Assyria had begun during…
The kings of Judah more regularly displayed covenant loyalty than the kings of Israel. Yet the record of 2 Kings shows that their lives too were often a mixed bag…
On the whole, the leaders of Judah were more faithful than their contemporaries in the north. This disparity surfaced again in the events recorded in 2 Kings 11-13. After King…
These chapters of 2 Kings present the slow deterioration of Israel and Judah. The failure of God’s people was declared by the prophets. Thus, Elisha was able to protect the…
Famine was a common phenomenon in the Old Testament (Gen 12:10, 43:1; 2 Sam 21:1; 1 Kgs 18:2). At times the Lord sent famine as a way of disciplining His…
King Ahaziah’s sickness, recorded in 2 Kings 1, provides the backdrop for the prophetic ministry of Elijah that dominated the end of 1 Kings. Elijah was a man with a…
2 Kings 24-25; Psalms 79, 137; Proverbs 18
The final chapters of 2 Kings verify the word the Lord spoke through Moses and Joshua (Deut 28:58-68; Josh 24:19-24). Their negative appraisals of Israel were confirmed despite the recent…
2 Kings with Select Psalms and Proverbs Commentary Old Testament