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• 2 Kings 2Bible

  The chapter of 2 Kings in which Elijah is taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, and Elisha, receiving his mantle and spirit, parts the Jordan, heals the waters of Jericho, and begins his prophetic ministry.

• Captain of FiftyBible

  A captain of fifty is an Old Testament title for a person who governed or commanded a unit of fifty people. The title appears in passages such as Exodus 18 and 2 Kings 1.

• BeelzebubBible

  Beelzebub (Beelzebul) is a name used in the New Testament Gospels for the "prince of the devils." It is generally thought to derive from Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron mentioned in 2 Kings.

• MeshaPeople

  Mesha was a king of Moab around the ninth century BC. He paid tribute to the northern kingdom of Israel but rebelled after the death of Ahab. He appears in 2 Kings 3, and his name is also preserved on an extrabiblical artifact, the Mesha Stele.

• Amoz (Father of Isaiah)People

  Amoz was the father of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah. Scripture names him only in the phrase "Isaiah the son of Amoz." He is a different person from the prophet Amos, with whom he is sometimes confused.

• Joshua 5Bible

  Joshua 5 is the chapter in which Israel, having crossed the Jordan River, performs circumcision and keeps the Passover at Gilgal. The manna then ceases, and near Jericho Joshua meets the captain of the host of the LORD.

• The Widow's Jar of OilBible

  The widow's jar of oil is a miracle recorded in 2 Kings 4:1-7, in which the prophet Elisha helped a widow who was about to lose her two sons to slavery because of a debt. The single jar of oil left in her house filled every empty vessel she had borrowed.

• The Floating Axe HeadBible

  The floating axe head is a miracle recorded in 2 Kings 6:1-7, in which Elisha caused a borrowed iron axe head that had fallen into the Jordan River to float to the surface after he threw a stick into the water.

• HephzibahPeople

  Hephzibah was the mother of Manasseh, king of Judah, and is mentioned by name only once, in 2 Kings 21:1. Her name is commonly interpreted to mean "my delight is in her."

• ZibiahPeople

  Zibiah is a woman from Beersheba mentioned in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament. She was the mother of King Joash of Judah.

• NaamanPeople

  Naaman was the commander of the army of Aram described in 2 Kings 5. Afflicted with leprosy, he was healed after washing seven times in the Jordan River as the prophet Elisha instructed. Jesus refers to him in Luke 4:27.

• Josiah's ReformBible

  Josiah's Reform was the religious reform in which Josiah, king of Judah, renewed the covenant and removed idolatry after the Book of the Law was found in the temple. It is recorded in 2 Kings 22–23 and 2 Chronicles 34–35.

• Genesis 14Bible

  Genesis 14 tells how a coalition of four kings attacks Sodom and carries off Lot, and how Abram rescues him with 318 men. On Abram's return, Melchizedek king of Salem blesses him, and Abram gives him a tenth of what he has gained.

• Hoshea (King of Israel)People

  Hoshea was the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He came to the throne by killing Pekah, and during his reign Assyria captured the capital, Samaria, bringing the northern kingdom to an end (2 Kings 17).

• JehoahazPeople

  Jehoahaz was the eleventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Jehu. According to 2 Kings 13, he suffered long oppression at the hands of Hazael king of Aram and then sought the LORD. A king of Judah also bore the same name.

• JosiahPeople

  Josiah was a king of Judah in the Old Testament. Scripture records that, prompted by the discovery of the Book of the Law in the temple, he led a religious reform that removed idols and restored the Passover.

• ManassehPeople

  Manasseh was an Old Testament king of Judah and the son of Hezekiah. He reigned for fifty-five years and is recorded as a wicked king who promoted idolatry on a large scale. Second Chronicles reports that he repented after being taken captive.

• AmaziahPeople

  Amaziah was the ninth king of the southern kingdom of Judah, the son of Joash and the father of Uzziah. After defeating Edom, he worshiped the gods of Edom; he later challenged the northern kingdom of Israel to battle and suffered a crushing defeat.

• Joshua 9Bible

  Joshua 9 tells how the Gibeonites, disguised as envoys from a distant country, made a covenant of peace with Israel. Even after their deception was exposed, they were spared because of the oath and became hewers of wood and drawers of water.

• 1 Chronicles 1Bible

  First Chronicles 1 is a genealogy that runs from Adam through Noah and Abraham to Isaac's sons, Esau and Israel. It closes with lists of the descendants of Edom, its kings, and its chiefs.