2 Kings is basically a long countdown to two national collapses, with prophets, sieges, and a parade of kings who range from forgettable to actively disastrous. By the end, both kingdoms are gone, which says a lot about how this story is actually structured. We worked through all 25 chapters.
You’ll also see 5 episodes marked Dig Deeper below. The show’s format is an unstudied first read, reactions and all, so those episodes are where the hosts go back into a book or chapters they already covered to chase down their own questions and pick up what they missed the first time through. They’re not listener Q&A, just the hosts grading their own homework.
30 episodes (25 read-through + 5 Dig Deeper) • Chapters 1–25 (complete) • Recorded 2022
Every Episode, In Order
- 2 Kings Chapter 1
- 2 Kings Chapter 2
- 2 Kings Chapter 3
- 2 Kings Chapter 4
- 2 Kings Chapter 5
- [Dig Deeper] 2 Kings Chapters 1–5
- 2 Kings Chapter 6
- 2 Kings Chapter 7
- 2 Kings Chapter 8
- 2 Kings Chapter 9
- 2 Kings Chapter 10
- [Dig Deeper] 2 Kings Chapters 6–10
- 2 Kings Chapter 11
- 2 Kings Chapter 12
- 2 Kings Chapter 13
- 2 Kings Chapter 14
- 2 Kings Chapter 15
- [Dig Deeper] 2 Kings Chapters 11–15
- 2 Kings Chapter 16
- 2 Kings Chapter 17
- 2 Kings Chapter 18
- 2 Kings Chapter 19
- 2 Kings Chapter 20
- [Dig Deeper] 2 Kings Chapters 16–20
- 2 Kings Chapter 21
- 2 Kings Chapter 22
- 2 Kings Chapter 23
- 2 Kings Chapter 24
- 2 Kings Chapter 25
- [Dig Deeper] 2 Kings Chapters 21–25
Contradictions We Found in 2 Kings
Here are some of the contradictions we dug into in 2 Kings (out of 38 we cataloged):
- Are we punished for the sins of others?
- Did God commend or condemn Jehu?
- Does God respect anyone?
- How long did Jehoash reign?
- How old was Jehoachin when he began to reign?
- Is God the creator of evil?
- Is it ok to make images?
- Should we rend our clothes?
- Were the Israelites to spare the trees in the countries they invaded?
- Where was Joash buried?
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