The Strand Study Bible

SIMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF II KINGS TEXT SUBJECT HEAD

DATE

The ANGEL OF THE LORD promises death to King Ahaziah; Elijah’s sixth - seventh miracles

II Kings 1

892-891 BC

II Kings 3:1-3

King Jehoram’s wickedness

891 BC 890 BC

Elijah is taken to heaven; Elijah’s eighth miracle ; Elisha’s first - third miracles

II Kings 2

II Kings 3:4 - 4:37

Moab rebels against Israel; Elisha’s fourth- seventh miracles Elisha warns the Shunammite woman of a coming seven-year famine

c. 890 BC c. 886 BC c. 886 BC

II Kings 8:1,2

II Kings 4:38 - 6:33

Elisha’s eighth - fourteenth miracles Jehoram begins to rule full time

II Kings 8:16-19 (II Chro 21:5-7)

886 BC 886 BC

I Kings 22:50

The death of Jehoshaphat Elisha’s fifteenth miracle

II Kings 7

c. 880 BC c. 880 BC c. 880 BC c. 880 BC c. 880 BC c. 880 BC c. 879 BC

II Kings 8:3-15

King Jehoram restores the Shunammite woman’s land to her

II Chronicles 21:2-4

King Jehoram’s wickedness

II Kings 8:20-22 (II Chro 21:8-11)

Edom and Libna revolt against King Jehoram

II Chronicles 21:12-17

Elijah’s prophetic letter

II Kings 8:23-24 (II Chro 21:18-20) II Kings 8:25 - 9:29 (II Chro 22:1-7,9) II Kings 11:1-3 (II Chro 22:10-12) II Kings 9:30 - 10:33 (II Chro 22:8) II Kings 11:4 - 12:3 (II Chro 23:1- 24:3)

The death of King Jehoram King Ahaziah’s wickedness

Queen Athaliah murders the royal seed Jehu executes Queen Jezebel plus Ahab’s seed Jehoiada elevates Joash to the throne God punishes Judah with a plague of locust King Joash desires to repair the breaches

879 BC 879 BC 872 BC

Joel 1-3

c. 865 BC c. 865 BC

II Kings 12:4-5 II Kings 10:34-36 II Kings 13:1-2

The death of King Jehu The reign opf Jehoahaz

850 BC 849 BC

II Kings 12:6-16 (II Chro 24:4-14)

King Joash repairs the breaches King Jehoahaz’s wickedness

c. 849 BC c. 849 BC c. 836 BC

II Kings 13:3-7,22-23

Medo-Persian history begins (New Kingdom Period)

*Historical Note - II Kings 13:8-11

The death of King Jehoahaz

834 BC 834 BC 834 BC 834 BC

II Chronicles 24:15-22

The death of Jehoiada

II Kings 12:17

King Hazael desires to invade Jerusalem

II Chronicles 24:23,24

The LORD chastens King Joash

II Kings 12:18-21 (II Chro 24:25-27) II Kings 14:1-6 (II Chro 25:1-4)

King Joash pays King Hazael to leave King Amaziah slays his father’s murderers

834-832 BC

832 BC

Elisha promises King Joash deliverance from Syria; the death of Elisha

II Kings 13:14-21 II Kings 13:24,25

c. 830 BC c. 830 BC c. 825 BC c. 825 BC c. 825 BC

The death of King Hazael King Amaziah defeats Edom

II Kings 14:7

II Chronicles 25:14-16

King Amaziah returns home with false idols King Amaziah is defeated by King Joash of Israel

II Kings 14:8-14 (II Chro 25:5-13,17-24)

II Kings 13:12-13 & 14:15-16

The death of King Joash

818 BC 817 BC

II Kings 14:23-24

King Jeroboam II’s wickedness

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