Bible Stories from 2 Kings

Every story from 2 Kings in the When God Shows Up devotionals, in Bible order. Each one is retold in plain words, with the passage to read for yourself in the King James Version and its key verse.

The Double Portion
2 Kings 2:1–15
Elijah’s time on earth was coming to an end, and everyone seemed to know it. As Elijah and his young helper Elisha walked from town to town, groups of…
“And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.”2 Kings 2:10 (KJV)
Ditches in the Desert
2 Kings 3:4–24
The king of Moab rebelled against Israel. So King Jehoram of Israel joined forces with King Jehoshaphat of Judah and the king of Edom, and the three…
“And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.”2 Kings 3:18 (KJV)
Bring Me Another Jar
2 Kings 4:1–7
A widow came to Elisha in tears. Her husband had been a faithful servant of God, but he had died in debt. Now the man he owed was coming to take her…
“And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.”2 Kings 4:6 (KJV)
It Is Well
2 Kings 4:8–37
In the town of Shunem lived a wealthy woman who noticed Elisha passing through. She began inviting him for meals, and then she and her husband built a…
“Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.”2 Kings 4:26 (KJV)
Death in the Pot
2 Kings 4:38–41
There was a famine in the land, and Elisha was meeting with a group of young prophets in training at Gilgal. Food was scarce, so Elisha told his…
“But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.”2 Kings 4:41 (KJV)
Twenty Loaves for a Hundred Men
2 Kings 4:38, 42–44
There was a famine in the land. Elisha was staying at Gilgal with a group of about a hundred young prophets who were learning from him. Food was scarce…
“So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.”2 Kings 4:44 (KJV)
Seven Times in a Muddy River
2 Kings 5:1–15
Naaman was the commander of the Syrian army, a great man and a mighty warrior. But he had leprosy. In his house lived a young Israelite girl who had…
“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.”2 Kings 5:14 (KJV)
The Borrowed Ax
2 Kings 6:1–7
The group of young prophets studying with Elisha was growing, and their meeting place had become too small. “Let us go to the Jordan,” they said, “and…
“And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.”2 Kings 6:6 (KJV)
More Are With Us
2 Kings 6:8–23
The king of Syria kept setting ambushes for Israel, and every time, Israel’s king knew exactly where to avoid. The Syrian king was sure there was a spy…
“And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.”2 Kings 6:16 (KJV)
Four Outcasts and an Empty Camp
2 Kings 6:24–7:20
The Syrian army had surrounded the city of Samaria, and the people inside were starving. Food was so scarce that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces…
“Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace.”2 Kings 7:9 (KJV)
The Land Given Back
2 Kings 8:1–6
Years earlier, the prophet Elisha had stayed in the home of a woman from Shunem. She and her husband built him a little room on their roof. God gave…
“And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”2 Kings 8:5 (KJV)
Life from a Prophet’s Grave
2 Kings 13:14–21
Elisha had spent his whole life as God’s prophet. He had parted the Jordan, multiplied oil, healed the sick, and even raised a boy from the dead. Then…
“And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.”2 Kings 13:21 (KJV)
Spread It Before the Lord
2 Kings 18:13–19:37
The Assyrian Empire was the superpower of its day, and it had already swallowed up nation after nation. Now King Sennacherib had his army camped near…
“And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.”2 Kings 19:14 (KJV)
Fifteen More Years
2 Kings 20:1–11
King Hezekiah of Judah became deathly ill. The prophet Isaiah came to see him with a hard message: “Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and…
“Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.”2 Kings 20:5 (KJV)
The Lost Book
2 Kings 22:1–23:3; 23:21–25
Josiah became king of Judah when he was only eight years old. The kings before him, his father and grandfather, had filled the land with idols and led…
“And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.”2 Kings 22:8 (KJV)
A Seat Out of Prison
2 Kings 25:27–30
Jehoiachin became king of Judah at eighteen. He reigned for only three months. Then the armies of Babylon surrounded Jerusalem, and the young king…
“And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.”2 Kings 25:29 (KJV)

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