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Tables of Contents for II Kings
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to 2 Kings
v
Principal Abbreviations
xi
Other Abbreviations and Signs
xvi
List of Illustrations
xix
Select Bibliography
xxi
Introduction
Content
3
1
Extrabiblical Documentation
4
3
Philology
7
2
Texts and Versions
9
1
On the Translation and Commentary
10
1
Outline of Historical Events
11
10
2 KINGS
The Reign of Ahaziah (Israel) (1 Kings 22:52--54; 2 Kings 1:1)
21
2
Elijah and Ahaziah (1:2--18)
23
7
Elijah's Ascent to Heaven; Succession of Elisha (2:1--18)
30
6
The Elisha Cycle
Sweetening the Waters (2:19--22)
36
2
Youngsters at Beth-El Punished (2:23--25)
38
2
Jehoram's Campaign Against Mesha of Moab (3:1--27)
40
13
A Helper in Times of Distress (4:1--44)
53
8
The Conversion of Naaman (5:1--27)
61
8
The Floating Axhead (6:1--7)
69
2
Elisha at Dothan: The Seeing and the Blind (6:8--23)
71
5
A Famine in Samaria (6:24--7:20)
76
10
The Shunammite's Land Claim (8:1--6)
86
3
Elisha and the Kings of Damascus (8:7--15)
89
5
History of the Divided Monarchy Resumed
The Reign of Jehoram (Israel) (8:16--24)
94
4
The Reign of Ahaziah (Israel) (8:25--29)
98
3
Revolt in Israel: Jehu's Accession (9:1--10:36)
101
23
Revolt in Judah: Athaliah Dethroned (11:1--20)
124
11
The Reign of Jehoash (Judah) (12:1--22)
135
7
The Reign of Jehoahaz (Israel) (13:1--9)
142
3
The Reign of Joash (Israel) (13:10--13)
145
2
A Prophecy of Victory; The Death of Elisha (13:14--25)
147
6
The Reign of Amaziah (Judah) (14:1--22)
153
7
The Reign of Jeroboam II (Israel) (14:23--29)
160
5
The Reign of Azariah (Judah) (15:1--7)
165
4
From Zechariah to Pekah: The Decline of Israel (15:8--31)
169
12
The Reign of Jotham (Judah) (15:32--38)
181
3
The Reign of Ahaz (Judah) (16:1--20)
184
11
The Reign of Hoshea (Israel): The Fall of Samaria (17:1--6)
195
8
A Homily on the Fall of the Northern Kingdom (17:7--23)
203
5
Samaria Resettled (17:24--41)
208
7
The Kingdom of Judah Until the Exile
The Reign of Hezekiah: Reform and Rebellion (18:1--12)
215
8
Sennacherib's Campaign to Judah (18:13--19:37)
223
30
Excursus. The Biblical and Assyrian Accounts of Sennacherib's Campaign Compared
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery (20:1--11)
253
5
The Embassy of Merodach-Baladan (20:12--21)
258
6
The Reign of Manasseh (21:1--18)
264
10
The Reign of Amon (21:19--26)
274
3
The Reign of Josiah: The Great Reform (22:1--23:30)
277
26
The Reign of Jehoahaz (23:31--35)
303
2
The Reign of Jehoiakim (23:36--24:7)
305
5
The Exile of Jehoiachin (24:8--17)
310
5
The Reign of Zedekiah: The Fall of Jerusalem (24:18--25:21)
315
10
Gedahah, A Babylonian Governor in Judah (25:22--26)
325
3
Epilogue: Release of Jehotachin (25:27--30)
328
17
APPENDIXES
I A Selection of Extrabiblical Texts Relating to 2 Kings
333
8
II The Chronology of the Divided Monarchy
341
1
III Chronologies of the Ancient Near East
342
3
1. Kings of Assyria
342
1
2. Kings of Babylonia.
The Chaldean Dynasty
342
1
3. Kings of Egypt
25th (Nubian) Dynasty
343
1
26th Dynasty
343
2
Indexes
345