Information for the Book of
Second Kings
OVERVIEW
Authorship and Origin:
(Please see the introduction to I Kings.)
Overview and Significant sections
This book continues the story of the monarchy begun in I Kings. The Hebrew nation has been broken into two, a northern kingdom called Israel, and the southern kingdom of Judah. This book is paralleled in II Chronicles 1-20. II Kings covers Israel's captivity and the surviving kingdom.
Significant sections:
- Concluding stories of Elijah
1:1-1:18
- Stories of the prophet Elisha
2:1-8:29
- Jehu's Revolt
9:1-10:28
- After Jehu until the fall of Samaria
10:29-17:41
- Judah after the fall of Israel (threatened by Assyria)
18:1-25:30
- Brief Reformation by Josiah and Hezekiah
22:1-23:30
- The last days of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem (then into exile)
23:31-25:30
For further information see First Kings