Get a random Bible verse from the Book of 2 Kings — prophets, kings, and the fall of Israel.
2 Kings 2:9
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
King James Version (1769) · public domain2 Kings 2:9
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About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings continues the story of the divided kingdoms through the age of the prophets. It carries Elijah to heaven, follows Elisha's miracles and the healing of Naaman, and ends in tragedy as Samaria and then Jerusalem fall to the empires of Assyria and Babylon.
Its 25 chapters and 719 verses hold the young prophet's bold request for "a double portion of thy spirit" (2 Kings 2:9), and Elisha's quiet word to his frightened servant, "they that be with us are more than they that be with them" (2 Kings 6:16). The book also tells of Josiah's rediscovery of the book of the law and his sweeping reforms, yet closes with the temple burned and the people led away into exile — the bitter cost of forsaking God.
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Key themes in 2 Kings
Prophecy
Exile
Reformation
Faithfulness
Judgment
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2 Kings 2:9And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2 Kings 6:16And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.
2 Kings 6:17And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Kings 5:13And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
2 Kings 20:5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
2 Kings records the decline and fall of Israel and Judah, the ministries of the prophets Elijah and Elisha, and the kings who either followed the LORD or led the nation into idolatry, ending with the exiles to Assyria and Babylon.
How many chapters are in 2 Kings?
The second book of Kings has 25 chapters and 719 verses in the King James Version (1769).