2 Kings

Who

Anonymous, continuing the same work.

When

To the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

What it is

Elisha, then the long decline: Israel falls to Assyria, Judah to Babylon, and the people are carried off.

What to watch for

It ends with an exiled king let out of prison and given a seat at a foreign table — a small, deliberate flicker.

All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods2 Kings 17:7