2 Kings 16-18 - Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

Ahaz Reigns over Judah

2Ki 16:11 LSB - [11] So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, thus Urijah the priest made [it], before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.

Hoshea Reigns over Israel

Israel Exiled to Assyria

Israel Rejects Yahweh

2Ki 17:20 LSB - [20] So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His presence.

Exiled Men in the Cities of Samaria

2Ki 17:41 LSB - [41] So while these nations were fearing Yahweh, they also were serving their graven images; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers acted, so they are acting [this way] to this day.

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

2Ki 18:2-6 LSB - 

[2] He was twenty-five years old when he became king; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. 

[3] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done. [4] He took away the high places and shattered the [sacred] pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel were burning incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. 

[5] He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among those] who were before him. 

[6] So he clung to Yahweh; he did not turn away from following Him, but kept His commandments, which Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Hezekiah Prospers

Sennacherib Comes Up Against Judah

2Ki 18:16 LSB - [16] At that time Hezekiah cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple of Yahweh and [from] the doorposts, which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 13-15

Jehoahaz Reigns over Israel

2Ki 13:4 LSB - [4] Then Jehoahaz entreated the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

Jehoash Reigns over Israel

The Death of Elisha

2Ki 13:19 LSB - [19] So the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have consumed [it]. But now you shall strike Aram [only] three times."

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

Jeroboam II Reigns over Israel

2Ki 14:25 LSB - [25] He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

2Ki 14:27 LSB - [27] But Yahweh did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

Azariah Reigns over Judah

2Ki 15:3 LSB - [3] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

2Ki 15:5 LSB - [5] Then Yahweh smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land.

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

Menahem Reigns over Israel

Shallum Reigns over Israel

Pekahiah Reigns over Israel

Pekah Reigns over Israel

Jotham Reigns over Judah

2Ki 15:34 LSB - [34] And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

2 Kings 10-12

Jehu Slaughters Ahab’s Descendants

2Ki 10:15 LSB - [15] Then he went from there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him; and he blessed him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." [Jehu said], "If it is, give [me] your hand." And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

Jer 35:5-6 LSB - [5] Then I put before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine!" [6] But they said, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever.

2Ki 10:16-17 LSB - [16] Then he said, "Come with me and see my zeal for Yahweh." So he made him ride in his chariot. [17] And he came to Samaria and struck down all who were left to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke to Elijah.

Jehu Strikes Down the Prophets of Baal

2Ki 10:28 LSB - [28] Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Jehoahaz Reigns over Israel

Athaliah Reigns over Judah

2Ki 11:17 LSB - [17] Then Jehoiada cut a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they would be the people of Yahweh, also between the king and the people.

2Ki 11:21 LSB - [21] Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

Jehoash Reigns over Judah

2Ki 12:2 LSB - [2] And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

Jehoash Repairs the House of Yahweh

Amaziah Reigns over Judah

2 Kings 7-9 - We are not doing right

Elisha Promises Food

2Ki 7:2 LSB - [2] And the royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, "Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" Then he said, "Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it."

Lepers Report the Arameans’ Flight

2Ki 7:9 LSB - [9] Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us. So now, come, let us go and tell the king's household."

Isa 52:7 LSB - [7] How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who proclaims good news, Who announces peace And proclaims good news of good things, Who announces salvation, [And] says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

 

Do We Well?

Author: Clara McAlister Brooks (1911)

1 To the Syrian camp at twilight,
Hungry, thirsty, bleeding, sore,
Came four leprous men of Israel;
Found they there abundant store—
Gold and silver, food and raiment,
“We must go the message tell,
’Tis a day of joyful tidings,
Waiting here, we do not well.”

Refrain:
’Tis the day of full salvation,
Go, the joyful message tell;
While we wait the millions perish,
And we do not well.

2 Do we well, my precious brethren?
While they starve and die for bread,
We, with heaven’s richest blessings,
Are so bountifully fed;
If we tarry till the morning,
Mischief shall our souls befall—
Go and tell earth’s dying millions,
There is bread enough for all. [Refrain]

3 India’s lost ones still are crying,
From that sin-benighted land;
Hear those wails from darkest China,
And from Egypt’s sunlit strand;
While a soul remains in darkness,
And in idleness we dwell,
Selfishly the truth enjoying,
Brethren, dear, we do not well. [Refrain]

4 While a few have crossed the ocean,
Leaving all for Jesus’ name,
There is room for many others—
Go, the gospel news proclaim!
Those who roam in sin’s dominion
Can be rescued yet from hell,
While a moment’s left to save them;
If we wait, we do not well. [Refrain]

5 If we labor on for Jesus,
And to every dying one
Tell the glad and joyful tidings,
Till life’s fleeting day is done,
When we stand before the judgment,
While our hearts with rapture swell,
We shall hear the Savior saying,
“Ye have done exceeding well.” [Refrain]

Plundering the Arameans

2Ki 7:20 LSB - [20] And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.

Jehoram Restores the Shunammite’s Land

Elisha Weeps over Hazael’s Evil

2Ki 8:11 LSB - [11] And he fixed his gaze steadily [on him] until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

2Ki 8:12 LSB - [12] Then Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" Then he said, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip up."

Jehoram Reigns over Judah

Ahaziah Reigns over Judah

2Ki 8:29 ESV - [29] And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Jehu Anointed King over Israel

2Ki 9:3 LSB - [3] "Then you will take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then open the door and flee and do not wait."

Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah

2Ki 9:25-26 LSB - [25] Then [Jehu] said to Bidkar his officer, "Lift [him] up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that Yahweh lifted up this oracle against him: [26] 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says Yahweh, 'and I will repay you in this property,' says Yahweh. So now, lift [him] up and cast him into the property, according to the word of Yahweh."

Jehu Strikes Down Ahaziah

Jezebel Is Eaten by Dogs

2Ki 9:35-36 LSB - [35] They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. [36] Therefore they returned and declared [it] to him. And he said, "This is the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;

2 Kings 4-6 - Open His Eyes That He May See

The Widow’s Oil

2Ki 4:1, 7 LSB - [1] Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Yahweh; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." ... [7] Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you [and] your sons can live on the rest."

The Shunammite Woman Will Bear a Son

2Ki 4:8 LSB - [8] Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she prevailed upon him to eat food. Now it happened, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat food.

2Ki 4:17 LSB - [17] Then the woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her.

Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

2Ki 4:32-34 LSB - [32] Then Elisha came into the house, and behold, the boy was dead and laid on his bed. [33] So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to Yahweh. [34] And he went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm.

Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew

2Ki 4:40-41 LSB - [40] So they poured [it] out for the men to eat. And it happened that as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, "O man of God, there is death in the pot." And they were unable to eat. [41] But he said, "Now bring flour." He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour [it] out for the people that they may eat." Then there was no harm in the pot.

2Ki 4:43-44 LSB - [43] And his attendant said, "What, will I give this before one hundred men?" But he said, "Give [them] to the people that they may eat, for thus says Yahweh, 'They shall eat and have [some] left over.'" [44] So he gave [it] before them, and they ate and had [some] left over, according to the word of Yahweh.

Naaman Cleansed from Leprosy

2Ki 5:13-14 LSB - [13] Then his servants approached and spoke to him and said, "My father, had the prophet spoken with you [to do some] great thing, would you not have done [it]? How much more [then], when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" [14] So he went down and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy and he was clean.

Gehazi’s Leprosy

2Ki 5:26-27 LSB - [26] Then he said to him, "Did not my heart go [with you], when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female slaves? [27] "Thus the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever." So he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

The Axe Head Recovered

2Ki 6:5-6 LSB - [5] Now it happened that as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed." [6] Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw [it] in there and made the iron float.

Horses and Chariots of Fire Around Elisha

2Ki 6:17 LSB - [17] Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Yahweh, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2Ki 6:18 LSB - [18] And they came down to him, and Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, "Strike this people with blindness, I pray." So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

Aram’s Siege of Samaria

2 Kings 1-3 - Elijah Taken to Heaven

Ahaziah’s Messengers Meet Elijah

2Ki 1:2 LSB - [2] And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which [was] in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will live from this sickness."

2Ki 1:16 LSB - [16] Then he spoke to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron--is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?--therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"

Jehoram Reigns over Israel

Elijah Taken to Heaven

2Ki 2:9-10 LSB - [9] Now it happened when they crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." [10] And he said, "You have asked a hard thing. [Nevertheless], if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be [so]."

2Ki 2:11-12 LSB - [11] As they were going along and talking, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and it separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. [12] And Elisha was seeing [this] and he was crying out, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

Elisha Has the Spirit of Elijah

2Ki 2:22 LSB - [22] So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

2Ki 2:24 LSB - [24] Then he looked behind him and saw them. And he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.

Moab Rebels Against Israel

1 Kings 19-22 - Ahab Humbles Himself

Elijah Flees Jeebel

1Ki 19:3-4 LSB - [3] And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there. [4] But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers."

1Ki 19:7 LSB - [7] And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you."

Elijah at Horeb

1Ki 19:17-18 LSB - [17] "And it will be that the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. [18] "Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him."

Elijah Puts the Mantle on Elisha

1Ki 19:19, 21 LSB - 

[19] So he went from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. ... 

[21] So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave [it] to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.

Ahab Wars with Aram

Israel Fights the Arameans

1Ki 20:28 LSB - [28] Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because the Arameans have said, "Yahweh is a god of [the] mountains, but He is not a god of [the] valleys," therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"

1Ki 20:34 LSB - [34] And [Ben-hadad] said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will return, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria." [Ahab said], "And I will let you go with this covenant." So he cut a covenant with him and let him go.

A Prophecy Enrages Ahab

1Ki 20:42 LSB - [42] And he said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of [your] hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'"

Ahab Takes Possession of Naboth’s Vineyard

1Ki 21:16 LSB - [16] Now it happened that when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

Yahweh Speaks Against Ahab

1Ki 21:19 LSB - [19] "And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'"

Ahab Humbles Himself

1Ki 21:25-26 LSB - [25] Surely there was no one who sold himself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited. [26] And he acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

1Ki 21:27 LSB - [27] Now it happened when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

1Ki 21:29 LSB - [29] "Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, [but] I will bring the evil upon his house in his son's days."

Ahab and the False Prophets

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

The Death of Ahab

Jehoshaphat Reigns over Judah

1Ki 22:43 LSB - [43] And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it, doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

Ahaziah Reigns over Israel