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.
Jozacar
killed King Joash
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordShimeath
mother of Jozacar an Ammonitess
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordShomer
mother of Jehozabad, a Moabitess
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordBen-hadad
King of Aram, son of Hazael
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordJoash
King of Israel, son of Jehoahaz
Recorded names: Joash · Jehoash · King of Israel
Sample references (3 of 18)Open person recordJeroboam
King of Israel, son of Joash [Jehoash]
Recorded names: Jeroboam · King of Israel
Sample references (3 of 8)Open person recordAbraham
son of Terah
Explorer record: Abram
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordIsaac
son of Abraham and Sarah
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordJehoaddin
of Jerusalem, mother of Amaziah
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordMoses
led Israel out of Egypt in the Exodus
Recorded names: Moses · the servant of the LORD · My servant Moses
Sample references (3 of 6)Open person recordAzariah
[Uzziah] King of Judah, son of Amaziah
Recorded names: Azariah · King of Judah · Uzziah
Sample references (3 of 13)Open person recordAmittai
father of Jonah, the prophet
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordJonah
the prophet, son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordZechariah
King of Israel, son of Jeroboam
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordJecoliah
mother of Azariah
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordJotham
King of Judah, son of King Uzziah [Azariah]
Recorded names: Jotham · King of Judah
Sample references (3 of 7)Open person recordJabesh
father of Shallum
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordShallum
conspired against King Zechariah and became king of Israel in his place
Sample references (3 of 4)Open person recordGadi
father of Menachem
Supporting ScriptureOpen person recordMenachem
King of Israel
Sample references (3 of 8)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