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Lesson Number
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Class Date
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Subject
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2 Kings
24
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May 3, 12
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2 Kings 25; 3 Babylonian deportations; Zedekiah
taken captive and blinded; siege of Jerusalem;
prophecy to Hezekiah fulfilled; Jehoiachin
exalted in Babylon; line of David preserved;
kindness shown to Jehoiachin an illustration of
the future restoration of Israel; God does not
forget us even in our most rebellious state;
remnant of Jews restored by Cyrus, king of
Persia. End of series
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2 Kings
23
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Apr 26, 12
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2 Kings 23:31-24:20; Josiah’s sons, Jehoiakim
and Zedekiah , and grandson, Jehoiachin, reign
in Judah doing evil in the sight of the Lord;
siege of Nebuchadnezzar; first deportation to
Babylon; prophet Ezekiel taken to Babylon
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2 Kings
22
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Apr 12, 12
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2 Kings 23:1-30; reforms of Josiah according to
the Word of the Books of the Law; 2 Chron 35:1ff
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2 Kings
21
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Apr 5, 12
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2 Kings 22; Josiah
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2 Kings
20
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Mar 29, 12
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2 Kings 21; 2 Chron 33; Manasseh did evil in the
Lord’s sight; promoted paganism across Judah;
enslaved by the Babylonians, repented and
reversed course but his reputation as pagan king
was entrenched
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2 Kings
19
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Mar 22, 12
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2 Kings 20; Isaiah 38; Hezekiah’s prayer, sign
of God’s answer-turned time backward; Hezekiah’s
life and reign extended 15 years
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2 Kings
18
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Mar 8, 12
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2 Kings 19: Hezekiah restores the Temple
reinstates the Passover, intercedes with God on
behalf of Israel; God answers Hezekiah’s prayer
and 185,000 Assyrians besieging Jerusalem are
killed overnight; Sennacharib murdered by his
sons
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2 Kings
17
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Mar 1, 12
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2 Kings 18; Hezekiah ascends to the throne in
Judah; remnant of 12 tribes preserved despite
the fall of the NK
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2 Kings
16
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Feb 23, 12
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2 Kings 17; Hoshea, last king of the Northern
Kingdom; God’s testimony against the NK; stages
of divine discipline
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2 Kings
15
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Feb 16, 12
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2 Kings 16; apostate reign of Ahaz in Judah;
child sacrifices in Southern Kingdom
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2 Kings
14
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Feb 9, 12
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2 Kings 15; Uzziah; 2 Chron 26; Zechariah;
Shallum; Menahem; Pekahiah; Pekah; Jotham;
longsuffering of God
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2 Kings
13
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Feb 2, 12
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2 Kings 14; Amaziah and Jehoash; Judah and
Israel go to war; conspiracy against Amaziah
when he worships false gods; Uzziah made king of
Judah; Jeraboam II made king of Israel
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2 Kings
12
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Dec 1,
11
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2 Kgs 13; death of Elisha; limiting what God can
do in our lives; God never abandons Israel, and
He never abandons us
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2 Kings
11
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Nov 17,
11
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2 Kgs 11 & 12; Athaliah and Joash; Jehoiada
influence on Joash; Joash Repairs the Temple;
God's discipline on Judah under Joash; Joash
dies the Sin Unto Death; 2 Chron 24
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2 Kings
10
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Nov 10,
11
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2 Kgs 10; Jehu, king of Israel, a very deceptive
man; destruction of Ahab’s dynasty; doing the
right thing but for the wrong reason; God
requires spiritual obedience
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2 Kings 09
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Nov 3,
11
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2 Kgs 9:1-37; Review of the royalty in the No.
and So. Kingdoms; Elisha dispatches a prophet to
accomplish the last of the three part mission
God gave to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15-17);; Joram of
Israel is wounded in the battle at Ramoth Gilead
and is convalescing at Jezreel; his nephew
Ahaziah, King of Judah, is visiting him; Jehu
anointed king of Israel and then popularly
acclaimed as king of Israel by the army; Jehu
hurries to Jezreel catching Joram and the King
of Judah (Ahaziah) by surprise and kills them;
Jehu then kills Jezebel. Jezebel is not buried,
but eaten by wild dogs as prophesied by Elijah
(1 Kgs 21:23)
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2 Kings 08
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Oct 27,
11
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2 Kgs 8:1-29; Elisha’s continuing ministry;
Shunammite woman delivered from famine; Elisha
prophesies Ben Hadad’s death and Hazael’s rule;
tracing the kings of Judah and Israel; daughter
of Ahab, Athaliah, influences her husband and
son for evil
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2 Kings 07
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Oct 20,
11
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2 Kgs 6:24-7:20; Syria besieges Samaria; famine
reveals spiritual degeneracy of Samaria;
rejection of God’s Word and principles of truth
results in irrational and evil standards; in
grace God delivers Samaria from Syrian army even
though they remain unfaithful
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2 Kings 06
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Oct 13,
11
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2 Kgs 6:1-24; Elisha miracles encourage the
prophets; God is interested and involved in each
individuals life; Elisha’s reputation well known
beyond Israel; Elisha’s confidence in the power
and provision of God enabled him to lead the
blinded Syrian army to Samaria; God exploits His
miracle and releases the Syrian captives
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2 Kings 05
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Oct 6,
11
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2 Kgs 5:1-27; God affects history through Syria;
1 Kgs:19-15; Elisha demonstrates the power of
God in healing Naaman; greedy act of Gehazi
impugns both Elisha and God and results in him
and his descendants being cursed with leprosy
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2 Kings 04
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Sep 29,
11
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2 Kgs 4:1-42; Elisha and the famine in Israel, a
spiritual problem; debt resolution in Israel;
Lev 25:39-45
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2 Kings 03
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Sep 22,
11
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2 Kgs 3:1-27; Elisha and the campaign against
Moab; delivering water to the armies of Israel
and Edom just as easy for God as giving victory
over Moab; pagan king of Moab offers human
sacrifice, his own heir to the throne. to
appease his gods
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2 Kings 02
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Sep
15,
11
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2 Kgs 2:1-25; Elijah,
Elisha, and the Whirlwind-the transition of the
prophet’s ministry; Elijah did not die but was
taken to heaven, a forerunner for Christ; Elisha
receives the same power as Elijah possessed
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2 Kings 01
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Sep 8,
11
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2
Kgs 1:1-18; introduction; Ahaziah rejects God;
contest between the authority of God and the
authority of the king’s representative
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