2 Kings

John Woodhouse (DPhil, Victoria University of Manchester) served as principal of Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia, from 2002 to 2013. He previously worked in pastoral ministry in a suburb of Sydney. He has published articles in various academic journals and is the author of four volumes in Crossway’s Preaching the Word commentary series.

• A Word to Those Who Preach the WordAbbreviationsIntroduction: A Troubled World Now and ThenTable of the KingsPart 1THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (1–17)Section A: The House of Ahab (1–8)Chapter 1: A Troubled World (1:1)Ahaziah: The King Who Had a Fall (1:2–18)Chapter 2: Is It Because There Is No God? (1:2–18)Jehoram, The King Who Had Elisha (2:1–8:15)Chapter 3: Following Elijah (2:1–7)Chapter 4: The Ascension of Elijah (2:8–15)Chapter 5: He Is Not Here! (2:16–18)Chapter 6: To Be Taken Seriously (2:19–25)Chapter 7: Presuming On God’s Kindness, Part 1 (3:1–8)Chapter 8: Presuming On God’s Kindness, Part 2 (3:9–27)Chapter 9: The God Who Cares (4:1–7)Chapter 10: The God Who Gives Life (4:8–17)Chapter 11: The God Who Beats Death (4:18–37)Chapter 12: The God Who Feeds the Hungry (4:38–44)Chapter 13: One God in All The Earth (5:1–19)Chapter 14: A Covetous Heart (5:20–27)Chapter 15: An Important Unimportant Story (6:1–7)Chapter 16: See Clearly Now (6:8–23)Chapter 17: Terrible Suffering and Hope in God (6:24–33)Chapter 18: How Hope Works (7)Chapter 19: A Gospel for a Great Lady (8:1–6)Chapter 20: The Bad News (8:7–15)Meanwhile in Judah: Jehoram and Ahaziah, Kings Who Copied Ahab (8:16–29)Chapter 21: A Lamp Shining in a Dark Place (8:16–29)Section B: The House of Jehu (9–14)Jehu, the King Appointed by God to Judge (9:1–10:36)Chapter 22: The One Appointed by God to Be Judge (9:1–13)Chapter 23: The Wrath Of God: Is It Real? Is It Right? Is It Good? (9:14–29)Chapter 24: “That Woman Jezebel” (9:30–37)Chapter 25: Uncomfortable Truth (10:1–17)Chapter 26: Bad Religion (10:18–28)Chapter 27: A King Who Was Still Not Good Enough (10:29–36)Meanwhile, in Judah:Athaliah and Jehoash, a Daughter and Grandson of Ahab (11–12)Chapter 28: The Promise and the Lie (11:1–20)Chapter 29: A New Beginning? (11:21–12:21)Jehoahaz and Jehoash, Two Kings Who Were Disappointments (13:1–14:22)Chapter 30: Promise and Perversity: The Puzzle of History (13:1–13)Chapter 31: All Depends on the Word of God (13:14–25)Meanwhile, in Judah:Amaziah, the King with a Big Head (14:1–22)Chapter 32: The Problem with Pride (14:1–22)Jeroboam II, the King Who Is Easily Misunderstood (14:23–29)Chapter 33: The Puzzle of History Again (14:23–29)Section C: The Collapse of the Northern Kingdom (15–17)Azariah, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Jotham: Kings Who Made No ProgressChapter 34: The Myth of “Progress” (15)Meanwhile, in Judah:Ahaz, a Weak and Wicked King (16)Chapter 35: Wickedness and Weakness (16)Hoshea, the Last King of Israel (17)Chapter 36: “The End Has Come upon My People Israel” (17:1–6)Chapter 37: What’s Wrong With the World? (17:7–23)Chapter 38: “Is He Not the God of Nations Also?” (17:24–41)Part 2THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM (18–25)Hezekiah: The King Who Trusted in God (18–20)Chapter 39: Trust in God: A Case Study (18:1–12)Chapter 40: Trust in God Tested (18:13–37)Chapter 41: “Faith Comes from Hearing”—But So Does Fear (19:1–19)Chapter 42: Trust in God Vindicated (19:20–37)Chapter 43: The Shadow of Death (20:1–11)Chapter 44: Great Expectations (20:12–21)Manasseh and Amon, the Worst KingsChapter 45: As Bad as It Gets (21)Josiah, the King Who Found the Bible (22:1–23:30)Chapter 46: The Book that Changed the World (22)Chapter 47: Back to the Bible (23:1–30)Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah, Four Foolish FailuresChapter 48: Finally: Four Foolish Failures (23:31–24:20)Chapter 49: The End (25:1–26)Jehoiachin (again!) (25:27–30)Chapter 50: The End is Not the End (25:27–30)NotesScripture IndexGeneral IndexIndex of Sermon Illustrations