Tag: 2 Kings

[:en]Amaziah, the son of Joash became king and reigned in Jerusalem for 29 years.  He did right in the eyes of the Lord.  He defeated 10k Edomites in the valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle.  He challenged Jehoash, king of Israel to meet him face to face.  When they met each other, he… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 14[:]

[:en]Jehoahaz, son of Jehu became king in Samaria.  He reigned for 17 years and did evil in the eyes of the Lord.  During his reign, the king of Aram, Hazael and his son Ben-Hadad were oppressing Israel.  His son Jehoash succeeded him as king Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel.  He ruled for… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 13[:]

[:en]Joash was 7 years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem for 40 years.  He repaired the temple and did what was right in the eyes of the Lord with Jehoiada as his counselor.  But when Jehoiada died, Joash led the nation back to sin.  When Hazael king of Aram attacked and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 12[:]

[:en]When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah saw that her sons was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.  But Jehoseba, the daughter of king Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah took Joash, son of Ahaziah and hid him for 6 years while Ataliah ruled the land (vs. 1-3).  When Joash was 7 years old,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 11[:]

[:en]The events recorded in these chapters fulfilled God’s word of judgment.  He kept his word to judge sin.  Jehu wiped out all of Ahab’s family and the prophets of Baal.  He also destroyed Baal worship in Israel but he caused Israel to worship the golden calve at Bethel and Dan.  Jehu reigned for 28 years… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 9-10[:]

[:en]The woman whose son Elisha had restored for life went to stay in the land of the Philistines for 7 years.  Then she came back and begged for her house and land.  The king restored to her the land and all the income from the day she left the country until she returned. (vs. 1-6)… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 8[:]

[:en]Elijah told the officers to hear the word of the Lord but they did not believe (v. 2).  His unbelief cause his death (vs. 17-20).  The 4 lepers entered into the enemy’s camp and found that the enemies had left the camp and ran for their lives.  They immediately reported  good news to the royal… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 7[:]

[:en]Elisha did the impossible by making an axhead float.  He trapped the blinded Arameans and captured them.  He did not kill them but instead prepared a great feast for them and sent  them away.  So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory. (vs. 23-)[:]

[:en]Naaman was a valiant commander of the army of of the king of Aram, but was inflicted with leprosy.  He had a captive girl from Israel who told him that there was a prophet in Samaria who can cure him of his leprosy.  So Naaman went to see Elisha.  When he reached Elisha’s house, Elisha… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 5[:]

[:en]The Miracles that Elisha performed:  Filling up the empty jars of a widow with oil to pay her debits and save her 2 boys from being sold as slaves (vs. 1-7) Restoring the Shunammite’s son to life (vs. 8-37) Put some flour into the poison stew and saved the lives of the prophets (vs. 38-41)… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Kings 4[:]