2 Kings.txt

• Israel and Judah Fall
• God's judgment on Israel and Judah for disobedience

• This is the book of Captivities. In chapter 17, the ten tribes of the northern kingdom (Israel) go into Assyrian captivity (722
• B.C.). In chapter 25, the southern kingdom (Judah) goes into Babylonian captivity (586 B.C.)

• I. Kingdom divided/Israel Falls (1 - 17)
• II. Kingdom which survives/Judah Falls (18 - 25)

2 Elijah taken to heaven

4 Elisha's miracle - oil and resurrection

5 Naaman healed and Gehazi's greed

6 Elisha thwarts Syria ...

17 Israel's fall/Assyrian Captivity 722 B.C.

18 Sennacherib invades Judah

22-23 Josiah as King over Judah, he brings revival, reform and renewal

24-25 The fall of Judah to Babylon 586 B.C.

4:18-28 Elisha raises the Shunammite's son from the dead

6:1-7 Elisha makes the axe head float

Josiah - 16th King of Judah; king at 8 years old; returned to obeying the, law

Elisha - Successor to Elijah; heals and floats an axe head/miracle worker

Naaman - Captain of enemy army; great warrior; a leper who was healed by bathing in the Jordan River seven times at Elisha's instructions