2 Kings 11:8   (Read all of 2 Kings 11)

Station yourselves around the king, each of you with weapon in hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes."

2 Kings 12:7   (Read all of 2 Kings 12)

Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, "Why aren't you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple."

2 Kings 13:16   (Read all of 2 Kings 13)

"Take the bow in your hands," he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

2 Kings 13:17   (Read all of 2 Kings 13)

"Open the east window," he said, and he opened it. "Shoot!" Elisha said, and he shot. "The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!" Elisha declared. "You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek."

2 Kings 13:19   (Read all of 2 Kings 13)

The man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times."

2 Kings 14:9   (Read all of 2 Kings 14)

But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: "A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.

2 Kings 14:10   (Read all of 2 Kings 14)

You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?"

2 Kings 15:12   (Read all of 2 Kings 15)

So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: "Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation."

2 Kings 16:7   (Read all of 2 Kings 16)

Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, "I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me."

2 Kings 17:12   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, "You shall not do this."

2 Kings 17:13   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: "Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets."

2 Kings 17:26   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

It was reported to the king of Assyria: "The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires."

2 Kings 17:27   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

Then the king of Assyria gave this order: "Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires."

2 Kings 17:36   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

But the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm, is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices.

2 Kings 17:37   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

You must always be careful to keep the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

2 Kings 17:38   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods.

2 Kings 17:39   (Read all of 2 Kings 17)

Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies."

2 Kings 18:14   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me." The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 18:19   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

The field commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: " 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours?

2 Kings 18:20   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

You say you have the counsel and the might for war-but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?

2 Kings 18:21   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

Look, I know you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.

2 Kings 18:22   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

But if you say to me, "We are depending on the Lord our God"-isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?

2 Kings 18:23   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

" 'Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses-if you can put riders on them!

2 Kings 18:24   (Read all of 2 Kings 18)

How can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen ?