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This is episode #10 chapters 19 & 20.

2 Kings Chapter 19, begins with King Hezekiah of Judah being told that the Assyrian commander is set to conquer his land. He tears his clothes and puts on mourning. Then the king sends the administrator of his palace, called Eliakim and his secretary, called Shebna, and some priests to Isaiah, who is a prophet.

2 Kings Chapter 20, is about Hezekiah’s sickness. The prophet Isaiah, who was the son of Amoz, visited him and told him that the Lord said Hezekiah should put his house in order because he will not recover from his sickness. Hezekiah then turned away from him and prayed to God. While doing this, he wept bitterly.

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This is episode #08 chapters 17 & 18.

2 Kings Chapter 17, starts off with Hoshea, who was the last king of Israel. Hoshea, who was ruler of Israel in Samaria, reigned for nine years. He was not a man of the Lord and was considered evil in the eyes of God. He did detestable things, but not like those who were before him.

2 Kings Chapter 18, was about the reign of Hezekiah, who was the king of Judah. He was the king of Ahaz, who began his reign in the third year of Hoshea, who ruled Israel. He did things that were pleasing to the Lord, such as tearing down the Asherah poles and destroying the bronze snakes that were made by Moses. He trusted in the Lord, and God was pleased with him.

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This is episode #08 chapters 15 & 16.

2 Kings Chapter 15, begins with Azariah, who reigned in Judah during the 27th year of the reign of Jeroboam, who was the King of the rest of Israel.

2 Kings Chapter 16, speaks of Ahaz, who reigned over Judah for 16 years. He was king from the time that he was only 20 years old. He did very detestable things and did not follow the example of his father, David.

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This is episode #06 chapters 13 & 14.

2 Kings Chapters 13, Jehoahaz, Jehu’s son, became the king and he ruled over Israel for 17 years. He committed some of the same sins that his father did and this made God angry.

2 Kings Chapter 14, was on the rule of Amaziah, who was ruler of Judah. Amaziah was the son of Joash, who ruled Judah for 40 years until he was murdered by his officials.

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This is episode #06 chapters 11 & 12.

2 Kings Chapter 11, speaks of the time after Ahaziah had passed away. When his mother saw him dead, she went on to destroy the entire royal family. Jehosheba, the daughter of Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took the son of Ahaziah, Joash, from among the royal princes so that he would not be murdered.

2 Kings Chapter 12, continues from the previous chapter, with Joash ruling over Jerusalem in the seventh year of Jehu. He reigned for 40 years and was a good man in the eyes of the Lord. He was under the instruction of Jehodiah, who was a priest.

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This is episode #05 chapters 09 & 10.

2 Kings Chapter 10, In Samaria, there were 70 sons (royal princes) from the house of Ahab. Jehu had all of them killed and he had their heads put in baskets at the gates of the city. He then told the people that Elijah had said this was commanded by the Lord. All of Ahab’s chief men, priests, and close friends were also killed. Then, Jehu went to Samaria. On the way, he met 42 relatives of Ahaziah, the king of Judah. Jehu also had them killed.

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This is episode #04 chapters 07 & 08.

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This is episode #03 chapters 05 & 06.

2 Kings Chapter 5, was about Naaman, a great commander who served the king of Aram. He was a great man who gave Aram victory through the Lord. Although he was a fine soldier and was highly regarded, he had leprosy.

2 Kings Chapter 6, is about the building of a new meeting place. One man from the company of prophets told Elisha that they should build a new tent near the Jordan River since their current meeting place was too small. Elisha agreed and went with them to collect poles.

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This is episode #02 chapters 03 & 04.

2 Kings Chapter 3, Joram started to reign over Israel in the 18th year of king Jehoshaphat of Judah, and he ruled for 12 years. He was a wicked king, but he was not as wicked as his predecessors. Joram removed the revered stone of Baal that his father had made. Nonetheless, he clung to the sins of king Jeroboam, which he caused Israel to do, and did not turn away from them.

2 Kings Chapter 4, Starts off with a widow who approached Elisha. She said that her husband, his servant, has died. All he left her with was a jar of olive oil. She knows that his creditors will come and take her sons as slaves, so she went to Elisha for help.

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This is episode #01 chapters 01 & 02.

2 Kings Chapter 1 recounts the anger God vented towards Ahaziah.

2 Kings Chapter 2, the Lord is ready to sweep Elijah up to Heaven via a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha are coming back from Gilgal and Elijah commands Elisha to stay because God is sending him to Bethel. But Elisha refuses to leave him and the two of them go to Bethel.