Book Introduction
2 Kings
Written by Unknown (traditionally Jeremiah)
The Author
Unknown (traditionally Jeremiah) — An anonymous historian with the worst beat in the Bible — tasked with recording two kingdoms' slow-motion collapse, prophet after prophet ignored, until there's nothing left but rubble and exile
The author is unknown. Jewish tradition credits . Originally one book with 1 Kings. The narrative ends with fall in 586 BC.
600s–500s BC
The exiled people of and
To complete the story of the monarchy — showing how persistent unfaithfulness led to the destruction of both kingdoms
What's It About?
Every prophet who warned them was ignored. Every revival came too late or didn't stick. 2 Kings is the story of two kingdoms running out of chances — performing miracles while the kings keep doing whatever they want, brief turnarounds under and , and then the inevitable: the northern kingdom falls to in 722 BC and falls to in 586 BC. The is destroyed. The people go into exile. This is what happens when you don't listen.
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