Welcome to our study of the book of Second Kings!

We're going to continue our study in the Old Testament, having just finished First Kings. Second Kings begins with a continuation of the account of Ahaziah's reign and closes with the end of the kingdom of Judah.

This study will allow us to continue the story that we began in Genesis, and followed through Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. I hope that studying these passages will help us continue to develop a sense of the history and chronology of the Old Testament. The books of Kings are more in the nature of a compilation of selected materials brought together an editor rather than an original production from a single hand. They contain highly valuable and reliable historical material. Items drawn by inspired from early sources have been brought together and arranged into a framework following a specific pattern, with comments indicating a deep religious purpose. Many items have been taken directly or indirectly from official court or temple records. Archeological research touching many of these items has proved beyond question the striking accuracy of the accounts in Kings. There are narratives taken over, no doubt, from records preserved in the schools of the prophets. Stories are presented at times with great dramatic appeal, and yet again with sober moralizing judgments. Historical contributions are found in these writings without parallel anywhere in the records of Assyria, Egypt, or Babylon. Even when judged from the standpoint of profane history, these writings, with their deep human appeal, their matchless charm, sagacious political judgments, and penetrating moral philosophy, are among the most outstanding productions that have come to us from the ancient East.

These are the study guides we'll be working off of for this study. We'll use our Bible resources, the Seventh-day Adventist Bible commentaries and the works of Ellen White (particularly Prophets and Kings ) to respond.

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