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2 Kings 11 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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2 Kings 11 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
עֲתַלְיָה ʻĂthalyâh H6271 6 Athaljah
רוּץ rûwts H7323 6 run, rush
עַם ʻam H5971 9 people, tribe
יְהוֹיָדָע Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ H3077 5 Jehojada
כֹּהֵן kôhên H3548 7 officiating, priest
מוּת mûwth H4191 7 die, kill
שַׂר sar H8269 6 head

How preachers through history handled this text

8 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 4 Alexander MacLaren 2 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthen, and advance the interests of religion among them. Covenants are of use, both to remind us of, and bind us to, the duties already binding on us. They immediately abolished idolatry; and, pursuant to the covenant with one another, they expressed mutual readiness to help each other. The people rejoiced, and Jerusalem was quiet. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 11:17–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Sur — 2 Kgs 11:6

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