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2 Kings 1

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Elijah the Prophet 1:1–2:14
Ahaziah the Wicked King of Israel 1:1–18
Ahaziah Inquires of Baal 1:1–2
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah 1:3–16
Jehoram Succeeds Ahaziah 1:17–18

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Elijah the Prophet 1:1–2:14
Ahaziah the Wicked King of Israel 1:1–18
Ahaziah Inquires of Baal 1:1–2
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah 1:3–16
Jehoram Succeeds Ahaziah 1:17–18
Elijah Taken Up to Heaven 2:1–14
Elisha the Prophet 2:15–13:25
Elisha Succeeds Elijah 2:15–25
The Spirit of Elijah Rests on Elisha 2:15–18
Elisha Heals the Waters of Jericho 2:19–22
Elisha Mocked 2:23–25
Jehoram of Israel 3:1–8:15
Moab’s Rebellion 3:1–27
Elisha's Ministry 4:1–6:7
The Widows’ Oil 4:1–7
The Shunammite Woman 4:8–37
The Woman Provides for Elisha 4:8–17
Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son 4:19–37
Elisha Purifies the Poisonous Stew 4:38–41
Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42–44
Elisha and Naaman 5:1–27
Naaman Cured of Leprosy 5:1–14
Gehazi’s Greed and Leprosy 5:15–27
The Axe Head Floats 6:1–7
Ben-hadad King of Aram 6:8–8:15
The Arameans Plot to Capture Elisha 6:8–23
Aram Sieges Samaria 6:24–7:20
The Famine of Samaria 6:24–33
Elisha Prophesies Plenty in Samaria 7:1–2
The Four Lepers Relate Arameans’ Flight 7:3–14
The Prophesy Fulfilled 7:15–20
The Shunammite's Land Restored 8:1–6
Hazael Murders Ben-hadad 8:7–15
Jehoram of Judah 8:16–24
Jehoram the Evil King 8:16–19
Edom and Libnah Rebel 8:20–22
Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram 8:23–24
Ahaziah of Judah 8:25–29
Ahaziah the Evil King 8:25–27
Ahaziah and Joram son of Ahab Fight Hazael 8:28–29
Jehu of Israel 9:1–10:36
Elisha Anoints Jehu King of Israel 9:1–13
Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah 9:14–29
Jezebel’s Violent Death 9:30–37
Ahab’s Seventy Sons Killed 10:1–17
Jehu Kills the Priests of Baal 10:18–27
Jehu Repeats Jeroboam’s Sins 10:28–33
Jehoahaz Succeeds Jehu 10:34–36
Joash of Judah 11:1–12:21
Athaliah and Joash 11:1–16
Joash Hidden from Athaliah 11:1–3
Joash Anointed King of Judah 11:4–12
The Death of Athaliah 11:13–16
Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD 11:17–21
Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1–16
The Death of Joash 12:17–20
Amaziah Succeeds Joash 12:21
Jehoahaz of Israel 13:1–9
Jehoahaz the Evil King 13:1–8
Jehoash Succeeds Jehoahaz 13:9
Jehoash of Israel 13:10–25
Jehoash the Evil King 13:10–12
Jeroboam Succeeds Jehoash 13:13
Elisha’s Death and Final Prophecy 13:14–25
The Path to Exile 14:1–17:41
Amaziah of Judah and Jehoash of Israel 14:1–22
Amaziah the Mostly Good King 14:1–7
Jehoash of Israel Defeats Amaziah of Judah 14:8–14
Jeroboam II Succeeds Jehoash of Israel 14:15–16
The Death of Amaziah of Judah 14:17–20
Azariah Succeeds Amaziah of Judah 14:21–22
Jeroboam II of Israel 14:23–29
Jeroboam II the Evil King 14:23–28
Zechariah Succeeds Jeroboam II 14:29
Azariah of Judah 15:1–7
Azariah the Mostly Good King 15:1–6
Jotham Succeeds Azariah 15:7
Zechariah of Israel 15:8–12
Zechariah the Evil King 15:8–9
Shallum Kills and Succeeds Zechariah 15:10–12
Shallum of Israel 15:13–16
Shallum Reigns One Month 15:13
Menahem Kills and Succeeds Shallum 15:14–16
Menahem of Israel 15:17–22
Menahem the Evil King 15:17–18
Menahem Pays Pul King of Assyria 15:19–21
Pekahiah Succeeds Menahem 15:22
Pekahiah of Israel 15:23–26
Pekahiah the Evil King 15:23–24
Pekah Kills and Succeeds Pekahiah 15:25–26
Pekah of Israel 15:27–31
Pekah the Evil King 15:27–28
Assyria Take Land from Israel 15:29
Hoshea Kills and Succeeds Pekah 15:30–31
Jotham of Judah 15:32–38
Jotham the Mostly Good King 15:32–37
Ahaz Succeeds Jotham 15:38
Ahaz of Judah 16:1–20
Ahaz the Evil King 16:1–9
The Idolatry of Ahaz 16:10–19
Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz 16:20
Hoshea of Israel 17:1–41
Hoshea the Evil and Last King of Israel 17:1–2
Israel Exiled to Assyria 17:3–23
Israel Resettled by Foreigners 17:24–41
Jerusalem’s Demise and the Babylonian Exile 18:1–25:30
Hezekiah of Judah 18:1–20:21
Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry in Judah 18:1–8
Sennacherib King of Assyria Threatens Jerusalem 18:9–19:37
Assyria Invades Israel 8:9–12
Assyria Invades Judah 18:13–16
Assyria Sieges Jerusalem 18:17–37
Isaiah’s Prophecy and Jerusalem’s Deliverance 19:1–37
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery 20:1–11
Hezekiah Shows His Treasures to Babylon 20:12–19
Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah 20:20–21
Manasseh of Judah 21:1–18
Manasseh the Evil King 21:1–9
Manasseh’s Idolatries Rebuked 21:10–17
Amon Succeeds Manasseh 21:18
Amon of Judah 21:19–26
Amon the Evil King 21:19–22
Amon’s Murder and Avenging 21:23–24
Josiah Succeeds Amon 21:25–26
Josiah of Judah 22:1–23:30
Josiah the Good King 22:1–2
Funding the Temple Repairs 22:3–7
Finding the Book of the Law 22:8–20
Josiah Returns the People to the LORD 23:1–27
Josiah Renews the Covenant 23:1–3
Josiah Destroys Idolatry 23:4–20
Josiah Restores the Passover 23:21–27
The Death of Josiah 23:28–29
Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah 23:30
Jehoahaz of Judah 23:31–35
Jehoahaz the Evil King 23:31–32
Jehoahaz Exiled to Egypt 23:33
Jehoiakim Succeeds Jehoahaz 23:34–35
Jehoiakim of Judah 23:36–24:7
Jehoiakim the Evil King 23:36–37
Babylon Controls Jehoiakim 24:1–5
Jehoiachin Succeeds Jehoiakim 24:6–7
Jehoiachin of Judah 24:8–17
Jehoiachin the Evil King 24:8–9
The Captivity of Jerusalem 24:10–16
The King of Babylon Makes Zedekiah King of Judah 24:17
Zedekiah of Judah 24:18–25:21
Zedekiah the Evil King 24:18–20
Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem 25:1–7
The Temple Destroyed 25:8–17
Captives Carried to Babylon 25:18–21
Gedaliah Governs in Judah 25:22–26
Gedaliah Appointed by Nebuchadnezzar 25:22–24
The People Rebel and Flee to Egypt 25:25–26
Jehoiachin Released from Prison in Babylon 25:27–30

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1 After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

2 Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

4 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.

5 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

6 They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”

7 The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”

8 “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

9 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

11 So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

12 Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

13 So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.

14 Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”

15 Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

16 And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”

17 So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.

18 As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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Camel

From the Hebrew gamal, "to repay" or "requite," as the camel does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels, having, however, the common characteristics of being "ruminants without horns, without muzzle, with nostrils forming oblique slits, the upper lip divided and separately movable and extensile, the soles of the feet horny, with two toes covered by claws, the limbs long, the abdomen drawn up, while the neck, long and slender, is bent up and down, the reverse of that of a horse, which is arched." (1.) The Bactrian camel is distinguished by two humps. It is a native of the high table-lands of Central Asia. (2.) The Arabian camel or dromedary, from the Greek dromos, "a runner" (Isa. 60:6; Jer. 2:23), has but one hump, and is a native of Western Asia or Africa. The camel was early used both for riding and as a beast of burden (Gen. 24:64; 37:25), and in war (1 Sam. 30:17; Isa. 21:7). Mention is made of the camel among the cattle given by Pharaoh to Abraham (Gen. 12:16). Its flesh was not to be eaten, as it was ranked among unclean animals (Lev. 11:4; Deut. 14:7). Abraham's servant rode on a camel when he went to fetch a wife for Isaac (Gen. 24:10, 11). Jacob had camels as a portion of his wealth (30:43), as Abraham also had (24:35). He sent a present of thirty milch camels to his brother Esau (32:15). It appears to have been little in use among the Jews after the conquest. It is, however, mentioned in the history of David (1 Chr. 27:30), and after the Exile (Ezra 2:67; Neh. 7:69). Camels were much in use among other nations in the East. The queen of Sheba came with a caravan of camels when she came to see the wisdom of Solomon (1 Kings 10:2; 2 Chr. 9:1). Benhadad of Damascus also sent a present to Elisha, "forty camels' burden" (2 Kings 8:9). To show the difficulty in the way of a rich man's entering into the kingdom, our Lord uses the proverbial expression that it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle (Matt. 19:24). To strain at (rather, out) a gnat and swallow a camel was also a proverbial expression (Matt. 23:24), used with reference to those who were careful to avoid small faults, and yet did not hesitate to commit the greatest sins. The Jews carefully filtered their wine before drinking it, for fear of swallowing along with it some insect forbidden in the law as unclean, and yet they omitted openly the "weightier matters" of the law. The raiment worn by John the Baptist was made of camel's hair (Matt. 3:4; Mark 1:6), by which he was distinguished from those who resided in royal palaces and wore soft raiment. This was also the case with Elijah (2 Kings 1:8), who is called "a hairy man," from his wearing such raiment. "This is one of the most admirable materials for clothing; it keeps out the heat, cold, and rain." The "sackcloth" so often alluded to (2 Kings 1:8; Isa. 15:3; Zech. 13:4, etc.) was probably made of camel's hair.

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