Category Archives: II Kings

Manasseh Reigns in Judah 1 Manassehwastwelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s namewasHephzibah. 2 And he did evil in the sight of theLord,according to the abominations of the nations whom theLordhad cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For he rebuilt the high placeswhich Hezekiah […]

Josiah Reigns in Judah 1 Josiahwaseight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s namewasJedidah the daughter of Adaiah ofBozkath. 2 And he didwhatwasright in the sight of theLord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; hedid not turn aside to the right hand or […]

Josiah Restores True Worship 1 Nowthe king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him. 2 The king went up to the house of theLordwith all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. […]

Judah Overrun by Enemies 1 Inhis days Nebuchadnezzar king ofBabylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassalforthree years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And theLordsent against himraidingbands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it,according to the […]

The Fall and Captivity of Judah 1 Now it came to passin the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenthdayof the month,thatNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 2 So the city […]