SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF 2 KINGS
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #6 THE UNITED KINGDOM | #7 THE DIVIDED KINGDOM | ||||
| FOCUS | THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL | THE DIVIDED KINGDOMS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH | ||||
| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT [Davidic Covenant] | |||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
3:1 |
9:1 |
12:1 |
15:1 |
16:29–22:53 |
| DIVISION | David chooses Solomon | The wisdom of King Solomon | The failures of King Solomon | The Great Schism:
Civil War and political/religious division of the kingdom |
Histories of kings of Israel and Judah | Elijah prophet of God |
| TOPIC | SOLOMON | KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH | ||||
| UNITED KINGDOM IN PEACE | KINGDOMS IN TURMOIL | |||||
| LOCATION | JERUSALEM, Capital of United Israel | SAMARIA, Capital of Israel
JERUSALEM, Capital of Judah |
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| TIME | 40 years | 90 years | ||||
TIME LINE
Assyrian Empire———————————————————————————————————Babylon———Persia———
| —UNITED KINGDOM— | —DIVIDED KINGDOMS—
Israel and Judah |
Exile of Israel
(no recorded return) |
—Exile of Judah— | Judah returns | |||
| c. 1047 BC | c. 1010 BC | c. 970 BC | c. 930 BC | c. 873-53 BC | 722 BC | 568 BC | 539 BC |
| SAUL becomes King | •Death of SAUL
•DAVID–King |
•Death of DAVID
•SOLOMON–King |
•Death of SOLOMON
•REHOBOAM–King |
ELIJAH the Prophet | Israel destroyed by Assyria | •Judah Destroyed
•Begin the Exile |
•Persians conquer Babylon
•Return to Judah begins |