2 Kings Lesson 26

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May 21, 2023

Today we cover the final chapter of 2nd Kings which covers the fall of Judah, exile of the people and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple.


Study Questions

1. In the ninth year of his reign: “This is the first time in

Kings that an event in the history of Israel is dated by a

foreign era.” This is strong evidence God was administering

_________ on Judah for her evil actions.

2. The army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they

overtook him in the plains of Jericho: This was a

considerable distance from Jerusalem. Zedekiah probably

thought that his strategy was successful, and that he had

escaped the judgment that prophets such as Jeremiah had

promised. Yet God’s _____ was demonstrated to be ____,

and he was captured in the plains of Jericho.

3. “It seems ironic that here, at the very spot where Israel first

set foot on the Promised Land, the last of the Davidic kings

was captured and his monarchy shattered. Here, where

Israel experienced her first ________ as the walls of Jericho

fell before unarmed men who ________ God, was the scene

of her last defeat.”

4. Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,

put out the eyes of Zedekiah: This fulfilled the mysterious

promise God made through Ezekiel regarding Zedekiah

shortly before the fall of Jerusalem: I will also spread My net

over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring

him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall

_____________, though he shall die there.

5. He burned the house of the LORD: Solomon’s great

temple was now a ruin. It would stay a ruin for many years,

until it was humbly ________ by the returning exiles in the

days of Ezra.

6. Broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around: The

walls of Jerusalem – the physical security of the city – were

now destroyed. Jerusalem was no longer a place of safety

and security. The walls would remain a ruin until they were

rebuilt by the returning exiles in the days of ___________.

7. “In Hebrew, the first twelve verses of the chapter are one

long sentence, each verse beginning with ‘and.’ Clause is

heaped upon clause in a kind of cadence, as if each one

were another tick of the clock counting down Jerusalem’s

_____________.”

8. And carried their bronze to Babylon... the things of

solid gold and solid silver, the captain of the guard

took away: As the remaining people were taken captive to

Babylon, so also the remaining valuables from the temple

were taken. Jerusalem was left desolate, completely

plundered under the ____________ of God.

9. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own

land: This was the land God gave to His people, the tribes

of Israel. They had possessed this land for some 860 years;

they took it by faith and _________, but they lost it through

________ and ____.

10. Released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison...

spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent

seat: “This second appendix is added to remind the reader

that while Jehoiachin was still in Babylon as the

representative of David’s dynasty God still ___________ his

people. Some see this as intended to end the history on a

hopeful note, perhaps even of ‘Messianic revival’.”

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