Outline of 2 Kings The Kingdom of Israel King Date Years King Scripture Reference Saul 1050 to 1010 BC 40 Years Acts 13:21 David 1010 to 970 BC 40 Years 2 Samuel 5:1-5 1 Kings 2:10-12 Solomon 970 to 930 BC (see 1 Kings 40 Years 1 Kings 11:42 6:1 ~ 476 years after Exodus from Egypt - 1446 BC) The Divided Kingdom 1 Kings Israel Judah King / Scripture Scripture Date King / Years Reigned Date Years Reigned Reference Reference Jeroboam / 22 Years 930-908 BC 1 Kings 14:20 Rehoboam / 17 Years (did evil 930-913 BC 1 Kings 14:21 in the sight of Jehovah - practiced idolatry) Abijam (Abijah)/ 3 Years 913 - 910 BC 1 Kings 15:1-2 (18th year of Jeroboam). Did that which was evil / practiced idolatry. Nadab / 2 Years 908 - 906 BC 1 Kings 15:25 Asa / 41 Years 910 - 869 BC 1 Kings 15:9-10 (20th year of Jeroboam). Did Baasha / 24 Years 906 - 882 BC 1 Kings 15:33 that which was right in the sight of Jehovah as David his Elah / 2 Years 882 - 880 BC 1 Kings 16:8 father. Zimri / 7 days 880 BC 1 Kings 16:15 Omri / 12 Years 880 - 868 BC 1 Kings 16:23 (states that this is the 31st year of Asa??) Jehoshaphat / 25 years Ahab / 22 Years 868 - 846 BC 1 Kings 16:29 864 - 839 BC 1 Kings 22:41-42 (4th year of Ahab). Did right as did his father Asa; however, his son married the daughter of Ahab which brought evil to Ahaziah / 2 years 846 - 844 BC 1 Kings 22:51-52 Judah. (17th year of Jehoshaphat) 1 The Divided Kingdom 2 Kings Israel Judah King / Scripture Reference Scripture King / Years Reigned Date Years Reigned Date Reference Jehoram or Joram (Son of 847 - 835 BC 2 Kings 1:17; 3:1 Jehoram / 8 years. Did that 839 - 831 BC 2 Kings 8:16-17; Ahab... Ahaziah had no sons - which was evil as the house of 2 Chronicles 21 all begins in the 2nd year of Ahab. Jehoram of Judah's reign or 18th year of Jehoshaphat (2 Jehoahaz or Ahaziah / 1 year Kings 3:1) [The confusion of - Sinful likened unto the house 831 BC 2 Chronicles 21:17; differing dates in 2 Kings is of Ahab, king of Israel. 22:1) / 2 Kings 8:25-26 cleared by understanding that many of the kings reigned as Athaliah (woman) (Ahaziah's 831 BC 2 Chronicles 23:1 co-regents with their fathers] / mother, daughter of Ahab and 12 years Jezebel, and Jehoram's wife) usurped the throne of Judah by Jehu (kills both king of Israel 835 - 807 BC 2 Kings 10:35-36 killing all her grandchildren. and Judah and also household Reigned ? of Ahab) / 28 years - see 2 Kings 10:36 Joash (son of Ahaziah) / 40 831 - 791 BC 2 Kings 12:1ff years... began reign as king at Jehoahaz (son of Jehu) 17 807 - 790 2 Kings 13:1 the age of 7. Did that which years was right yet did not remove high places of idolatry. Jehoash (son of Jehoahaz) 16 794 - 778 BC 2 Kings 13:10 Repaired the temple of years - in the 37th year of Jehovah. Joash of Judah. 776 - 735 BC 2 Kings 14:23-24 Amaziah (Son of Joash) / 29 791- 762 BC 2 Kings 14:1-2 Jeroboam (son of Jehoash) / (began reigning in years. Did that which was right 41 years - He did that which the 15 year of yet not to the level of David (2 was evil in sight of God. Amaziah of Judah) Kings 14:3-4). Uzziah (Azariah) / 52 years - 762 - 710 BC 2 Kings 14:21; 15:1-2 began in the 27th year of Zechariah (son of Jeroboam) ~ 724 BC (in the 2 Kings 14:29; 15:8 Jeroboam of Israel (~ 749 BC) / six months 38th year of see 2 Kings 15:1. did right; Azariah / Uzziah - however, he did not remove the 2 Kings 15:8) high places of idolatry. Shallum (killed Zechariah 723 BC 2 Kings 15:13 and reigned in his stead) / 1 month Menahem (killed Shallum 723 - 713 BC 2 Kings 15:17 and reigned in his stead) / 10 years Pekahiah (son of Menahem) 713 - 711 BC 2 Kings 15:23 / 2 years Pekah (Pekahiah's captain 710 - 690 BC 2 Kings 15:23 Jotham (son of Uzziah) / 16 708 - 692 BC 2 Kings 15:32-33 who conspired against him years. Did right as did his and killed him) / 20 years father Uzziah; however, the {suppose to be in the 52 year high places of idolatry were not of Uzziah which would be ~ removed. 710 BC). Ahaz (son of Jotham) / 16 697 - 681 BC 2 Kings 16:1-2 Hoshea / 9 years (Began in 685 - 676 BC 2 Kings 17:1 years (did that which was evil) the 12th year of Ahaz) Hezekiah (son of Ahaz) / 29 682 - 653 BC 2 Kings 18:1-2 Israel is dissolved: Fall to years (began in the third year of Assyria 676 BC Hoshea) - Did that which was right and measured up to David [first king to do so since Asa] 2 Israel No Longer Exist Manasseh (son of Hezekiah) / 653 - 598 BC 2 Kings 21:1ff reigned 55 years: Did great evil - re-established all the idolatry that his father Hezekiah had worked so hard to rid Judah of. Manasseh is captured by the Assyrians, repents for his wickedness, and is permitted to return to Jerusalem where he destroys the idol temples he built and reinstated Jehovah worship Amon (son of Manasseh) / 598 - 596 BC 2 Kings 21:19ff reigned 2 years: Did that which was evil and re- established idolatry into Judah. Josiah (Son of Manasseh) 596 - 565 BC 2 Kings 22:1ff reigned 31 years (began at age 8). Did that which was right and is the third king (behind Asa and Hezekiah) to be compared to David his father. Jehoahaz (son of Josiah) 565 BC 2 Kings 23:31 reigned only 3 months. Did that which was evil. Eliakim (son of Josiah) - 11 565 - 554 BC 2 Kings 23:36 years. Pharaoh-necoh places him as a vassal king over Judah and changes his name to Jehoiakim) - Did that which was evil. Jehoichin (son of Jehoiakim) - 554 BC 2 Kings 24:8 reigned 3 months. Jehoichin did that which was evil. He was defeated and deported to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Mattaniah (Jehoichin's uncle) 554 - 543 BC 2 Kings 24:17-18 reigned 11 years. Placed on the throne of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar who changed the king's name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah did that which was evil. Judah conquered by Babylon Gedaliah - Nebuchadnezzar 543 BC 2 Kings 25:22-26 appointed Gedaliah as governor over Judah. Gedaliah was murdered by Ishmael because the governor demanded that Judah remain under subjection to Babylon. 3 Introduction: The author of 2 Kings is unknown. Whoever this inspired writer was he must have lived and wrote during the days of Judah's Babylonian captivity due to the book ending during these days. The book of 1 Kings begins with the historical record of David's death and ends with Ahaziah's two year reign over Israel (970 to 844 BC). 2 Kings begins with the death of Ahaziah and ends with the complete collapse of Judah, Jerusalem, the city's walls and temple (i.e., approximately 300 years - 844 to 543 BC). 2 Kings records the historical account of Israel's fall to Assyria during the days of Hoshea king of Israel (676 BC). Secondly, the book records the gradual demoralization of Judah and final collapse during the reign of Zedekiah (543 BC). The book reveals the high cost of sin. Jehovah had warned both Israel and Judah to repent of their wickedness yet after hundreds of years of virtually no response the Lord crushes his people. Assyria was God's "rod of anger" against the southern kingdom of Israel (Isaiah 10:5). Babylon was the Lord's divine "battle axe" against the northern kingdom of Judah (Jeremiah 51:20). The sins of God's people were numerous. They had put God on the shelf and served the gods of the nations round about them. They came to be concerned more about personal wealth and status rather than the promise God made through Abraham and David. The book of 2 Kings zooms in on one particular problem that manifest the reason there were only three kings out of 32 that put their faith, confidence and trust in Jehovah. Though these two nations claimed to be followers of Jehovah they had, for the most part, placed their confidence, trust, and faith in the nations around them. Consider these events: Ahaziah, king of Israel, injures himself and rather than seeking out Jehovah the king seeks the advise of Baal-zebub (Lord of the Flies) the god of Ekron (2 Kings 1:2-4, 16). Ahaz, king of Judah, calls upon Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria to "save me out of the hand of the king of Syria" rather than calling upon the name of Jehovah (see 2 Kings 16:7-9). Furthermore, Ahaz erects and calls upon the gods of the Damascenes for help rather than calling upon the name of Jehovah (2 Chronicles 28:23). Hoshea, king of Israel, called upon So, King of Egypt, for help against Shalmaneser, king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:1-6). Zedekiah, king of Judah, calls upon Egypt for help against Babylon (Jeremiah 37:1-10).