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Experience the tragic drama of 2 Kings as you follow the long descent of Israel and Judah to the destruction of Jerusalem and Babylonian exile. T. R. Hobbs argues that 2 Kings was intended to review the past, but also to point to the promised return to the Promised Land. He examines the historical context, textual witnesses, theological themes, and literary techniques of the author of 2 Kings....

In most of the stories, however, the crispness of the plot is demonstrated by the small number of main characters and the lack of characterization. For example, in 2:19–22, two main characters appear, Elisha and the men of the city. In 2:23–24, there are three, Elisha, the boys, and the bears. In 4:1–7, there are four—Elisha, the widow, and her two sons. With these latter figures Elisha has very little to do. In 4:8–37 there are five characters, Elisha, the Shunemite, her husband, her son, and Gehazi;
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