Definition of II Kings

1. Noun. The second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel.

Exact synonyms: 2 Kings
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Nebiim, Prophets

Lexicographical Neighbors of II Kings

IICP
IIHF
III
III John
IINM
IIOP
IIOPs
IIRC
IIS
IITYWYBAD
IIUC
II Chronicles
II Corinthians
II Esdras
II John
II Kings (current term)
II Maccabees
II Peter
II Samuel
II Thessalonians
II Timothy
IJDB
IJN
IJP
IJS
IJssel
IJssel river
IJsselmeer
IKEA
IKIWISI

Literary usage of II Kings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"Omri built Samaria on an isolated hill and made it so strong that it was able to hold out for three years against the Assyrians (II Kings xvii. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Bahurim (II Kings, iii, 16. etc.). on the slope of Mt. Olivet, poss. ... (II Kings, xxiii, 31), the same as Bahurim. ..."

3. Sociological Study of the Bible by Lucy Blanche (Littelton) Masterman, Louis Wallis, William Shakespeare (1912)
"II Kings, the writings of the prophets furnish a commentary -on the mishpat ... Opposite II Kings 22:8, write," An early edition of the Book of Deuteronomy. ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Elisha also divides the Jordan and comes to Jericho, where he heals the poisonous waters (II. Kings ii. 19-22). On the road to Bethlehem he is met by ..."

5. Jerusalem in Bible Times by Lewis Bayles Paton (1908)
"II Kings 2:10 tells us that " David slept with his fathers and was ... 21:1); Jehoram (II Kings 8:24 =II Chron. 21:20); Ahaziah (II Kings 9:28 = II Chron. ..."

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