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2 Kings

The Second Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Fourth Book of the Kings

2 Kings in the King James Version has 25 chapters and 719 verses. It opens: Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (2 Kings 1:1)

Chapters at a glance

  1. Chapter 1Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
  2. Chapter 2And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with…
  3. Chapter 3Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of…
  4. Chapter 4Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my…
  5. Chapter 5Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable…
  6. Chapter 6And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait…
  7. Chapter 7Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a…
  8. Chapter 8Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine…
  9. Chapter 9And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and…
  10. Chapter 10And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of…
  11. Chapter 11And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
  12. Chapter 12In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his…
  13. Chapter 13In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to…
  14. Chapter 14In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
  15. Chapter 15In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
  16. Chapter 16In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
  17. Chapter 17In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine…
  18. Chapter 18Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz…
  19. Chapter 19And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with…
  20. Chapter 20In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said…
  21. Chapter 21Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his…
  22. Chapter 22Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his…
  23. Chapter 23And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
  24. Chapter 24In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he…
  25. Chapter 25And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that…