2 Kings narrates the final decline and collapse of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The capture of Israel by the Assyrians (17) and the exile of Judah to Babylon (24) complete the undoing of the ...

After Solomon’s death, the ancient Kingdom of Israel ... King of Judah, was a baby, his grandmother Athaliah, a princess from the North, commanded the murder of everyone in the Judahite royal ...