General Resources for 2 Kings
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- 2 Kings at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Books of Kings, Wikipedia.
- Books of Kings, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1905.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: First and Second Books of Kings.
- Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Books of 1 & 2 Kings, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (2 Kings) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- 2 Kings in the World Wide Study Bible.
- Walking Through the Bible: 1& 2 Kings.
- Biblenotes summary: 2 Kings.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
- 2 Kings, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- 2 Kings, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- 2 Kings, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- 2 Kings, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- 2 Kings, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- Kings: History of the Kingdom, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- The Book of Second Kings, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- 2 Kings, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Articles and Background:
- "Kings and Chronicles: Interpreting Historical Interpretation," Allen R. Guenther, Direction, 1982.
- Regal/Messianic Hope in Deuteronomy, 1, 2 Samuel and 1, 2 Kings, by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "The Embarrassing Footnote," Walter Brueggemann, Theology Today, 1987.
- Studies in the Life of Elisha by J. Hampton Keathley III at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Jezebel Re-Vamped," Tina Pippin, Semeia 69-70: Intertextuality and the Bible, 1995.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brueggemann, Walter,
"A Culture of Life and the Politics of Death," Journal for Preachers,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Galil, Gershon,
"The Message of the Book of Kings in Relation to Deuteronomy and Jeremiah,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brueggemann, Walter,
"A Culture of Life and the Politics of Death," Journal for Preachers,
2006.
- Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
