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2 Kings 17–25
Videos
Bible Central Chapter Guides
Reading Plan
Monday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Kings 17:7–8
- Video: Taylor Halverson, The Lost Ten Northern Tribes (2 Kings 17)
- Scripture: 2 Kings 17:1–41
Tuesday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Kings 18:4
- Video: Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye, Hezekiah Stops the Worship of Other Gods (2 Kings 18)
- Scripture: 2 Kings 18:1–37
Wednesday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Chronicles 30:18-19
- Video: John Hilton III, The Lesser Known Story of Hezekiah's Passover (2 Chronicles 30)
- Scripture: 2 Kings 19:1–37
Thursday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Kings 20:3
- Video: Marianna Richardson, King Hezekiah and King Manasseh (2 Kings 20–21)
- Scripture: 2 Kings 20:1–21
- Scripture: 2 Kings 21:1–26
Friday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Kings 22:1–2
- Video: Casey Paul Griffiths, King Josiah and His Good Works (2 Kings 22–23)
- Scripture: 2 Kings 22:1–20
- Scripture: 2 Kings 23:1–20
Saturday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Kings 23:25
- Video: Lynne Hilton Wilson, The Last Five Kings of Judah (2 Kings 23–25)
- Scripture: 2 Kings 23:21–37
- Scripture: 2 Kings 24:1–20
Sunday
- Verse of the Day: 2 Kings 25:1–2
- KnoWhy 451: Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed?
- Scripture: 2 Kings 25:1–30
Further Reading
- Video: BibleProject, Exile
Bibliography
2 Kings 17
Taylor Halvorsen, “Why Did Northern Israel Fall to the Assyrians? A Weberian Proposal,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 163-178.
2 Kings 18
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, “What New Archaeological Discoveries in Jerusalem Relate to Hezekiah?” Interpreter Foundation, 15 August 2018.
Neal Rappleye, “Serpents of Fire and Brass: A Contextual Study of the Brazen Serpent Tradition in the Book of Mormon,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 217-298.
2 Kings 19
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed? (1 Nephi 2:13),” KnoWhy 451 (July 19, 2018).
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, “What New Archaeological Discoveries in Jerusalem Relate to Hezekiah?” Interpreter Foundation, 15 August 2018.
2 Kings 20
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed? (1 Nephi 2:13),” KnoWhy 451 (July 19, 2018).
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, “What New Archaeological Discoveries in Jerusalem Relate to Hezekiah?” Interpreter Foundation, 15 August 2018.
2 Kings 22
Book of Mormon Central, “How is the Use of Deuteronomy in the Book of Mormon Evidence for its Authenticity? (1 Nephi 4:34),” KnoWhy 428 (April 27, 2018).
2 Kings 23
Matthew L. Bowen, “Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
Kevin Christensen, “Prophets and Kings in Lehi’s Jerusalem and Margaret Barker’s Temple Theology,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 177-193.
Neal Rappleye, “The Deuteronomist Reforms and Lehi’s Family Dynamics: A Social Context for the Rebellions of Laman and Lemuel,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 16 (2015): 87-99.
A. Keith Thompson, “Nephite insights into Israelite Worship Practices before the Babylonian Captivity,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 3 (2013): 155-195.
2 Kings 24
Book of Mormon Central, “When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem? (1 Nephi 10:4),” KnoWhy 475 (October 11, 2018).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed? (1 Nephi 2:13),” KnoWhy 451 (July 19, 2018).
2 Kings 25
Book of Mormon Central, “When Did Lehi Leave Jerusalem? (1 Nephi 10:4),” KnoWhy 475 (October 11, 2018).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed? (1 Nephi 2:13),” KnoWhy 451 (July 19, 2018).
Book of Mormon Central, “Has An Artifact That Relates to the Book of Mormon Been Found? (Mosiah 25:2),” KnoWhy 103 (May 19, 2016).