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2 Kings / Chapter 1
After a royal accident and political upheaval, the king turns to a foreign oracle, but the LORD redirects the inquiry through Elijah. Repeated attempts to seize the prophet collapse, and the announced outcome is completed.
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2 Kings / Chapter 1
After a royal accident and political upheaval, the king turns to a foreign oracle, but the LORD redirects the inquiry through Elijah. Repeated attempts to seize the prophet collapse, and the announced outcome is completed.
Context Snapshot
Date
Divided kingdom to Jerusalem's fall, c. 850-586 BC
Genre
Theological history
Setting
Exilic Israel/Judah tradition
Audience
Israel and Judah
World Stage
c. 850-586 BCKings of Israel and Judah under imperial pressure c. 850-586 BC
2 Kings follows the divided kingdoms through prophetic warning, Assyrian conquest of Samaria, and Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem. The setting explains exile as covenant collapse, not random political loss.
Movement
From divided kingdom to exile
Artifact
Kingdom collapse and exile
Biblical Timeline
Kingdom
2 Kings context: 1000 BC - 586 BC
Biblical Timeline
Kingdom
2 Kings context
Kingdom / 1000 BC - 586 BC
2 Kings context is set in the kingdom period, where Israel's monarchy from David and Solomon to exile.
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