2 Kings
READING PLAN
2 Kings 1
2 Kings Preview As a reminder, 1 & 2 Kings (much like its historical predecessor 1 & 2 Samuel) were originally one long book, later
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Read 2 Kings 2 Elijah Taken Up to Heaven 2 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way
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Read 2 Kings 3 Moab Revolts 3 Joram son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
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Read 2 Kings 4 The Widow’s Olive Oil 4 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my
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Read 2 Kings 5 Naaman Healed of Leprosy 5 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in
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Read 2 Kings 6 An Axhead Floats 6 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small
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Read 2 Kings 7 7 Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest
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Read 2 Kings 8 The Shunammite’s Land Restored 8 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your
Rest Day
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Read 2 Kings 9 Jehu Anointed King of Israel 9 The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck
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Read 2 Kings 10 Ahab’s Family Killed 10 Now there were in Samaria seventy sons of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to
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Read 2 Kings 11 Athaliah and Joash 11 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal
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Read 2 Kings 12 Joash Repairs the Temple 12 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His
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Read 2 Kings 13 Jehoahaz King of Israel 13 In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became
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Read 2 Kings 14 Amaziah King of Judah 14 In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king
Rest Day
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Read 2 Kings 15 Azariah King of Judah 15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began
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Read 2 Kings 16 Ahaz King of Judah 16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah began to
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Read 2 Kings 17 Hoshea Last King of Israel 17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel
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Read 2 Kings 18 Hezekiah King of Judah 18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of
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Read 2 Kings 19 Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold 19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of
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Read 2 Kings 20 Hezekiah’s Illness 20 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Rest Day
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Read 2 Kings 21 Manasseh King of Judah 21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His
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Read 2 Kings 22 The Book of the Law Found 22 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.
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Read 2 Kings 23 Josiah Renews the Covenant 23 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple
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Read 2 Kings 24 24 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against
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Read 2 Kings 25 25 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem