These are the books of the king james version of the bible along with the names and. The two books of kings are called the 3 rd and 4 th book of kings in the septuagint as well as the vulgate. Text from the authorized version is from swordsearcher and is the king james bible according to the cambridge university press setting, circa 1900, with words of christ indicated in red according to the scofield reference bible published by oxford. The same thing happened with the books of samuel and chronicles immediately before and after the books of kings. Each word is displayed in the line of the verse in which it is contained.
All this took place because the israelites had sinned against the lord their god, who had brought them up out of egypt from under the power of pharaoh king of egypt. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of 2 kings in the bible king james version. And ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in samaria, and was sick. Authorized king james version kjv of the bible the preserved and living word of god. Total words in table of contents 94 the book titles, the testament dividers plus the phrase table of contents if you use the full titles as in the 1611 edition 383.
For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. King james bible kjv 2 kings 7 2 kings 6 2 kings 8 help fb twitter gr videos gr forums gr youtube. That includes 1 and 2 kings, since in the hebrew bible they are a single book. Use highlighting, underlining, and take notes while you study the bible. The book of 2 kings is a sequel to the book of 1 kings. Complete text of 2 kings 2 from the authorized king james bible. Study, search, compare bible versions, and comment, as well as saving notes and sharing animated. The jerusalem bible divides the two books of kings into eight sections. And his mothers name was jedidah, the daughter of adaiah of boscath. It concludes the deuteronomistic history, a history of israel also comprising the books of joshua and judges and the book of samuel, which biblical commentators believe was written to provide a theological explanation for the destruction of the kingdom of judah by babylon in.
It is an aid to finding cross references between two longstanding standards of biblical literature. Summary of the book of 2 kings this is the second part of the book of kings. The book of kings is the ninth book of the hebrew bible or the eleventh and twelfth books of the christian old testament. The book of 2 kings, along with 1 kings, was likely written between 560 and 540 b. This list is a complement to the list in books of the latin vulgate. Read 2 kings 6 in the king james version kjv online. Now the rest of the acts of ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of israel.
Jul 31, 20 the kings are evaluated by how they worshiped the lord god. The book of 2 kings kjv audio bible full by alexander. May 02, 2020 the book of 2 kings concludes with the final overthrow and deportation of the people of israel and judah to assyria and babylon, respectively. Kjv dake annotated reference bible, large print, bonded leather, black. Short summary of 2 kings the kjv bible scriptures the content of 2 kings according to the kjv bible scriptures contains a short overview and summary of the main subjects, people, events and ancient topics in the following summary of the kjv bible scriptures. Books of kings, two books of the hebrew bible or the protestant old testament that, together with deuteronomy, joshua, judges, and 1 and 2 samuel, belong to the group of historical books deuteronomic history written during the babylonian exile c. According to jewish tradition in the talmud the author was the prophet jeremiah.
This will help you find and compare the words and phrases within any verse. Interesting facts about 2 kings barnes bible charts author. Jeroboam disregarded god and his temple, and instead set up two golden calves to worship. Possibly jeremiah or a group of prophets time written. The majority of 2 kings was written prior to 586 b. The two books of kings are regarded by many as the last part of a work commonly known as the deuteronomistic history. Jewish tradition is that jeremiah wrote the book of kings talmud, bava bathra 14b. Reference is made for example to the book of the acts of solomon 1 kings 11. And he spake unto him, thou man of god, the king hath said, come down. Outside of the united kingdom, the kjv is in the public domain. God judges ahabs family with elisha, jehu, and hazael 2 kgs 110 more kings of the north and south rule israel and judah 2 kgs 1116 israel falls to assyria 2 kgs 17. Total words either on the cover or the first page explaining which bible you have.
The latter tells the story of israel from its settlement in the land joshua and judges through the transition from judgeship to monarchy under samuel, saul, and david 1 and 2 samuel to the reign of solomon, the disintegration of the united kingdom into. Then moab rebelled against israel after the death of ahab. These are the books of the king james version of the bible along with the names and numbers given them in the douay rheims bible and latin vulgate. This is the holy book of 1 kings, known as the second book of the kings, otherwise called the fourth book of the kings. Besides that the record of the life of hezekiah or isaiah 36. Within the united kingdom, the rights to the kjv are vested in the crown.
The authorized version or king james version kjv, 1611, 1769. Chapter 20 page 333 the second book of the kings the. The recording is dramatized, from the king james bible. Originally this book and the preceding book were combined into one longer book in the hebrew bible. You can select a starting letter above and select from a word list or search for the word directly. The tradition is that the prophet jeremiah was the author of both 1 and 2 kings. Sep, 2012 this is the holy book of 1 kings, known as the second book of the kings, otherwise called the fourth book of the kings. These are all of the chapters of the book of 2 kings.
This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. Good kings served the lord in the temple at jerusalem, the others did evil in his sight. And elisha said unto him, as the lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, i will not leave thee. The concordance is an alphabetical index of all the words from the bible.
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