2 Kings on the Bible timeline

2 Kings holds 16 events on the timeline. Here they are in the order they happened, each with its place in the wider story.

Events in 2 Kings, in order

• Elijah Calls Down Fire · about 852 BC
  Elijah calls fire from heaven on two companies of soldiers sent to arrest him.
• Elijah Taken Up in Whirlwind · about 850 BC
  A fiery chariot separates Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah goes up to heaven in a whirlwind.
• Elisha Heals the Spring · about 850 BC
  Elisha purifies Jericho's bad water with salt, and bears attack youths who mock him.
• Jehu Anointed · about 841 BC
  A young prophet anoints Jehu king at Elisha's command and tells him to destroy Ahab's house.
• Jezebel's Death · about 841 BC
  Jezebel is thrown from a window, trampled by horses, and eaten by dogs.
• Jehu Destroys Baal Worship · about 841 BC
  Jehu gathers Baal's worshipers into the temple and has them killed.
• Athaliah Overthrown · about 835 BC
  Jehoiada crowns the child Joash, and the usurper queen Athaliah is executed.
• Joash Repairs the Temple · about 813 BC
  King Joash directs a collection to repair the temple.
• Fall of Samaria · about 722 BC
  Assyria conquers the northern kingdom and exiles its people.
• Sennacherib's Army Destroyed · about 701 BC
  Hezekiah prays, and the angel of the Lord strikes down 185,000 Assyrians besieging Jerusalem.
• Book of the Law Found · about 622 BC
  Workers repairing the temple find the book of the law, and Josiah tears his clothes in repentance.
• Josiah's Reforms · about 622 BC
  Josiah renews the covenant and destroys idols and high places across the land.
• Josiah Dies at Megiddo · about 609 BC
  Pharaoh Necho kills Josiah in battle at Megiddo.
• Jehoiachin Exiled to Babylon · about 597 BC
  Nebuchadnezzar takes King Jehoiachin and thousands of Judah's leaders to Babylon.
• Jerusalem Falls · about 586 BC
  Babylon burns the temple and the city, breaks down its walls, and exiles most of the people.
• Jehoiachin Released · about 561 BC
  The Babylonian king Evil-Merodach frees Jehoiachin from prison and seats him at his table.

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