Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Kings+001   2 Kings Introduction The books commonly known as 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings are really one long book. (They were separated due to the length of ancient scrolls.) Beginning with Samuel, the last of the judges, this book describes what happened in the days of […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+022   CHAPTER 22 (ESV) 18 And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 18 […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+021   CHAPTER 21 (ESV) 1 Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And after this Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+020   CHAPTER 20 (ESV) 29 And they encamped opposite one another seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined. And the people of Israel struck down of the Syrians 100,000 foot soldiers in one day. 30 And the rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Kings+019   CHAPTER 19 (ESV) 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life […]