2 Kings
Explore the people and evidence recorded for the book of 2 Kings. Entries follow their first cited passage in the selected text.
People recorded in this book 155
Recorded names may include people recalled from earlier stories. Each entry keeps its existing source identity.
Ahab
son of Omri and King of Israel
Recorded names: Ahab · King of Israel
Sample references (3 of 21)Open person recordAhaziah
King of Israel and son of Ahab
Recorded names: Ahaziah · King of Samaria
Sample references (3 of 4)Open person recordElijah
the prophet, Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead
Recorded names: Elijah · man of God
Sample references (3 of 24)Open person recordthe angel of the LORD
definite article "the" angel (GEN 16:7, GEN 22:11, EXO 3:2, NUM 22:22, JDG 2:1, etc.)
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordGod
Holy, Holy, Holy and too many others to fit here
Recorded names: God · LORD · God of Elijah
The source combines God/LORD and Jesus mentions in one shared record. Names here come from the selected passages; the family tree labels that record Jesus.
Sample references (3 of 236)Open person recordJehoram
King of Judah and son of Jehoshaphat
Recorded names: Jehoram · King of Judah · Joram
Sample references (3 of 11)Open person recordJehoram
King of Israel and son of Ahab
Recorded names: Jehoram · King of Israel · King Jehoram
Sample references (3 of 34)Open person recordJehoshaphat
son of Asa and King of Judah
Recorded names: Jehoshaphat · King of Judah
Sample references (3 of 8)Open person recordElisha
anointed prophet in Elijah's place
Recorded names: Elisha · man of God
Sample references (3 of 72)Open person recordJeroboam
Solomon's servant, son of Nebat, who rebelled against him, and was later made king of Israel
Sample references (3 of 14)Open person recordNebat
father of Jeroboam, an Ephraimite of Zeredah
Sample references (3 of 11)Open person recordMesha
King of Moab
Recorded names: King of Moab · Mesha
Sample references (3 of 4)Open person recordKing of Edom
fought with Israel and Judah against Moab
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordShaphat
father of Elisha the prophet
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordGehazi
servant of Elisha who became leprous
Sample references (3 of 12)Open person recordKing of Aram
King of Aram
Recorded names: King of Aram · Ben-hadad
Explorer record: Ben-hadad
Sample references (3 of 7)Open person recordNaaman
captain of the army of the king of Aram
Sample references (3 of 11)Open person recordHazael
king over Aram
Recorded names: Hazael · King of Aram
Sample references (3 of 17)Open person recordDavid
son of Jesse, King of Israel
Recorded names: David · King David · My servant David
Sample references (3 of 18)Open person recordAhaziah
King of Judah, youngest son of Jehoram son of Jehoshapat
Recorded names: Ahaziah · King of Judah
Sample references (3 of 14)Open person record
Events referenced in this book 111
Includes earlier events recalled in this book. Passage order and historical dates describe different aspects of the record.
Jehoiachin's reign as king over Judah ends*
End · 597 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureNebuchadnezzar's reign as king over Babylon begins
Begin · 605 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureNebuchadnezzar's reign as king over Babylon ends
End · 560 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureJehoiachin's exile and imprisonment in Babylon began
Begin · 597 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureMattaniah's (Zedekiah's) reign as king over Judah begins
Begin · 597 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureBirth of Mattaniah (Zedekiah)
Birth · 618 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureMattaniah's (Zedekiah's) reign as king over Judah ends
End · 586 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureNebuchadnezzar began his seige of Jerusalem
Begin · 588 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureNebuchadnezzar ended his seige of Jerusalem
End · 586 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureDestruction of Solomon's Temple (the house of the LORD) by Nebuzaradan
Destruction · 586 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting ScriptureJehoiachin's imprisonment in Babylon ended
End · 560 BC · Derived in source chronology
Supporting Scripture
Places linked through referenced events 4
Reviewed places associated with the cited events. These associations do not form a complete list of places mentioned in the book or prove that every supporting verse names the place.
Jerusalem
Location confidence: high · point
Sample references (3 of 30)- Via Jehoram's reign as king over Judah begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Jehoram's reign as king over Judah ends* · Association confidence: high
- Via Joash (Jehoash)'s reign as king over Judah begins* · Association confidence: high
- Via Jehoram's reign as king over Judah begins · Association confidence: high
Jezreel (of Issachar)
Location confidence: high · point
Supporting event evidence- Via Jehu's reign as king over Israel begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Death of Jehoram · Association confidence: high
- Via Jehu's reign as king over Israel begins · Association confidence: high
Megiddo
Location confidence: high · point
Supporting event evidence- Via Death of Ahaziah · Association confidence: high
- Via Death of Ahaziah · Association confidence: high
Samaria (city)
Location confidence: high · point
Sample references (3 of 9)- Via Jehoahaz's reign as king over Israel begins* · Association confidence: high
- Via Joash's (Jehoash's) reign as king over Israel begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Jeroboam's reign as king over Israel begins · Association confidence: high
- Via Jehoahaz's reign as king over Israel begins* · Association confidence: high






