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2 Kings

11 images, in chapter:verse order

Elijah destroying the messengersElijah's ascentA chariot and horses of fire part Elijah from Elisha, and Elijah is carried up in a whirlwind. Elisha cries out and later takes up his master's mantle.Elisha returns the Shunammite woman's son, raised back to life. The mother embraces her child in gratitude.Death of JezebelJehu arrives at Jezreel and Jezebel is thrown down from the window. Elijah's prophecy about her end is fulfilled.Destruction of Sennacherib's hostSennacherib's Assyrian army besieged Jerusalem. That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck their camp. Sennacherib withdrew home to Nineveh.While the temple was being repaired, a Book of the Law was found. When the scribe Shaphan read it aloud, King Josiah tore his clothes in grief. He then led a renewal of worship in Judah.By night, men tear down altars and idols as fires burn. The scene appears to depict a purging of idolatry.Babylonian troops enter the city and Judah's king is seized with his household. The kingdom of Judah falls.

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