Old Testament · Historical Books
2 Kings
Second Kings carries the two kingdoms to their end. Israel falls to Assyria and Judah to Babylon, and the book explains why in covenant terms rather than only political ones.
- Authorship
- The author is unnamed.
- Historical setting
- The divided kingdoms through to the Babylonian exile.
- Key themes
- Idolatry · Prophetic warning · Reform under a few kings · Exile
- Where it sits in the story
- The exile that nearly every prophet is either warning about or speaking into.
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