Explanation·Bible reference·The History Books2.KingsReading time: 2 minutes19 bible verses have been used in this book.VerseReference2.Kings 1:9-12“The identity of the two witnesses”: Elijah calling down fire from heaven2.Kings 2:11“The identity of the two witnesses”: neither did Elijah, who was taken up in a whirlwind2.Kings 9“Elijah”: the commander of the army, is finally anointed2.Kings 9“Armageddon”: 2 Kings 92.Kings 9:7“The Harlot”: God avenges the blood of his servants2.Kings 9:22“The Harlot”: 2 Ki 9:222.Kings 9:22“The Harlot”: Uses sorcery2.Kings 9:22“The Harlot”: 2 Kings 9:222.Kings 9:22“Ready for the second death”: Jezebel2.Kings 9:30“The Harlot”: 2 Ki 9:302.Kings 9:30“The economic aspect”: Jezebel’s own story2.Kings 9:33-35“The Harlot”: Judgment comes quickly2.Kings 9:36“The Harlot”: God brought this about2.Kings 10:19“The Harlot”: 2 Ki 10:192.Kings 18:21“Josiah”: backup plan for Israel, one that usually ended in disappointment2.Kings 19:1-2“The character of the two witnesses”: urgent lament and plea for deliverance in national crisis2.Kings 22“The three kings of Judah”: He became king at eight years old, and in the eighteenth year of his reign — around age twenty-six — he set out to restore the temple, where the book of the law was found, describing God’s judgment on an unfaithful Israel. Shaken, he asked the prophet Huldah for guidance. She told him the judgment was unchangeable, but that it would not fall in his lifetime.2.Kings 23:1-27“The three kings of Judah”: He brought all Israel back to keep the law2.Kings 23:28-30“The three kings of Judah”: battle at Megiddo where he died