{"product_id":"preaching-the-word-2-kings-the-truth-about-our-troubled-world","title":"Preaching the Word - 2 Kings: The Truth About Our Troubled World","description":"\u003ch6\u003eBook Description:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the History of Ancient Israel and Judah to Find Hope Amid Division in the World Today\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book of 2 Kings recounts the most tragic period in the Old Testament: the collapse of the two nation-states that had once been Israel. Following rebellion against the house of David, God’s people entertained false gods and endured a turbulent succession of kings, none of whom could bring the salvation they desperately needed. In this Preaching the Word volume, John Woodhouse presents a thorough yet accessible study of 2 Kings. Walking passage-by-passage through the text, he examines the destruction of Israel and Judah, and makes practical connections that will help believers endure the troubles of the world today. This expositional commentary is an essential resource for anyone interested in studying, teaching, or preaching the Bible. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExpositional Commentary on 2 Kings:\u003c\/strong\u003e In-depth, practical study of the kings and prophets of Israel and Judah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReader-Friendly:\u003c\/strong\u003e Written by pastors for pastors, this commentary is also an accessible resource for students and lay people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePart of the Preaching the Word Series:\u003c\/strong\u003e Volumes for 1 Kings and other books of the Bible are also available in the series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003ePreaching the Word \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eseries.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/static.crossway.org\/excerpts\/media\/39a5b8e8cb769359311870b5f16bf0b5a6d50680\/2_Kings_The_Truth_About_Our_Troubled_World_Excerpt.pdf\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead Sample Pages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"accordion-section-header\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion-section-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (1–17)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection A: The House of Ahab (1\u003c\/em\u003e–\u003cem\u003e8)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: A Troubled World (1:1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAhaziah: The King Who Had a Fall (1:2–18)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Is It Because There Is No God? (1:2–18)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJehoram, The King Who Had Elisha (2:1–8:15)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Following Elijah (2:1–7)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The Ascension of Elijah (2:8–15)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: He Is Not Here! (2:16–18)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: To Be Taken Seriously (2:19–25)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Presuming On God’s Kindness, Part 1 (3:1–8)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Presuming On God’s Kindness, Part 2 (3:9–27)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The God Who Cares (4:1–7)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: The God Who Gives Life (4:8–17)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: The God Who Beats Death (4:18–37)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: The God Who Feeds the Hungry (4:38–44)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: One God in All The Earth (5:1–19)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: A Covetous Heart (5:20–27)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: An Important Unimportant Story (6:1–7)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: See Clearly Now (6:8–23)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17: Terrible Suffering and Hope in God (6:24–33)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: How Hope Works (7)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19: A Gospel for a Great Lady (8:1–6)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20: The Bad News (8:7–15)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeanwhile in Judah: \u003c\/em\u003eJehoram and Ahaziah, Kings Who Copied Ahab (8:16–29)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21: A Lamp Shining in a Dark Place (8:16–29)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection B: The House of Jehu (9\u003c\/em\u003e–\u003cem\u003e14)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJehu, the King Appointed by God to Judge (9:1–10:36)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22: The One Appointed by God to Be Judge (9:1–13)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23: The Wrath Of God: Is It Real? Is It Right? Is It Good? (9:14–29)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24: “That Woman Jezebel” (9:30–37)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25: Uncomfortable Truth (10:1–17)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26: Bad Religion (10:18–28)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27: A King Who Was Still Not Good Enough (10:29–36)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeanwhile, in Judah:Athaliah and Jehoash, a Daughter and Grandson of Ahab (11–12)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28: The Promise and the Lie (11:1–20)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29: A New Beginning? (11:21–12:21)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJehoahaz and Jehoash, Two Kings Who Were Disappointments (13:1–14:22)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30: Promise and Perversity: The Puzzle of History (13:1–13)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31: All Depends on the Word of God (13:14–25)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeanwhile, in Judah:Amaziah, the King with a Big Head (14:1–22)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32: The Problem with Pride (14:1–22)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeroboam II, the King Who Is Easily Misunderstood (14:23–29)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33: The Puzzle of History Again (14:23–29)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSection C: The Collapse of the Northern Kingdom (15\u003c\/em\u003e–\u003cem\u003e17)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAzariah, Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Jotham: Kings Who Made No Progress\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34: The Myth of “Progress” (15)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeanwhile, in Judah:Ahaz, a Weak and Wicked King (16)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 35: Wickedness and Weaknes\u003cstrong\u003es (16)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoshea, the Last King of Israel (17)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 36: “The End Has Come upon My People Israel” (17:1–6)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 37: What’s Wrong With the World? (17:7–23)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 38: “Is He Not the God of Nations Also?” (17:24–41)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM (18–25)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHezekiah: The King Who Trusted in God (18–20)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 39: Trust in God: A Case Study (18:1–12)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 40: Trust in God Tested (18:13–37)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 41: “Faith Comes from Hearing”—But So Does Fear (19:1–19)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 42: Trust in God Vindicated (19:20–37)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 43: The Shadow of Death (20:1–11)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 44: Great Expectations (20:12–21)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManasseh and Amon, the Worst Kings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 45: As Bad as It Gets (21)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosiah, the King Who Found the Bible (22:1–23:30)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 46: The Book that Changed the World (22)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 47: Back to the Bible (23:1–30)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah, Four Foolish Failures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 48: Finally: Four Foolish Failures (23:31–24:20)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 49: The End (25:1–26)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJehoiachin (again!) (25:27–30)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 50: The End is Not the End (25:27–30)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Woodhouse \u003cspan\u003e(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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eSeries Editor:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eR. Kent Hughes (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, and former professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hughes is also a founder of the Charles Simeon Trust, which conducts expository preaching conferences throughout North America and worldwide. He serves as the series editor for the \u003cem\u003ePreaching the Word\u003c\/em\u003e commentary series and is the author or coauthor of many books. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Spokane, Washington, and have four children and an ever-increasing number of grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eEndorsements:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Those—like me—who greatly value John Woodhouse’s commentaries on 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 Kings will be delighted to hold this volume for 2 Kings in their hands. This commentary completes Woodhouse’s excellent series on the books of Samuel and Kings and continues at the same high standard. The main text of the commentary combines both Woodhouse’s characteristic clarity with his evident gifts for storytelling. The invaluable endnotes explain and defend why he reads the text as he does and engage thoughtfully with a range of other scholars and commentators. For me, as a preacher, these four commentaries are my first ‘go to’ volumes. And very often I feel no need to look further afield for help.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_--Christopher Ash\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWriter-in-Residence, Tyndale House, Cambridge; former Director, Cornhill Training Course, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In your hands is a most valuable and unusual book. A good commentary on 2 Kings is rare. It’s a part of the Bible usually skipped over by commentators. Yet as the book of Acts gives the narrative that is necessary to understand the epistles, so the books of Samuel and Kings give the narrative necessary to understand the later prophets. But this is more than a commentary on 2 Kings. Following John Woodhouse’s excellent writings on 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 Kings, this brings to completion a wonderful exposition of the rise and fall of the kings of Israel and Judah. Exposition is the right word for this commentary, for it is based in, and will be most useful for, preaching this part of the Scriptures. It brings us the understanding of God and his great purposes in the world. Furthermore, unlike most expository commentaries, this volume is also a reference book for the pastor to have on his shelf awaiting consultation on the many varied questions raised about 2 Kings or this period of Israel’s history. Now that you have picked it up, I hope for your sake that you do not put it down but buy it and use it.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Phillip D. Jensen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBible Teacher and Evangelist, Two Ways Ministries; author,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Coming of the Holy Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuidance and the Voice of God\u003c\/em\u003e; and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Ways to Live\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This outstanding commentary is everything any Bible student or teacher could ask for. It is rooted in rigorous scholarship with further detailed technical discussion in extensive footnotes. It seeks to expound the original author’s pastoral purpose and faithfully explore the implications for today. It deals with the detail of the text whilst simultaneously presenting the big picture. Above all it comes from the careful study of Scripture by a man who both believes that the text of 2 Kings is God’s word for his people today and who has decades of personal experience in local church ministry. Time and again the author cuts to the chase and makes the right calls when it comes to enabling his reader to study and benefit from the message of God in 2 Kings. We have been waiting for this book—and it does not disappoint.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--William Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e Rector, St. Helen’s Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If I were preaching a series on 2 Kings, or simply studying this part of God’s word, I would treasure this book. It is erudite but always exhibits scholarship at the service of the Scripture. The fine exegesis is made all the more useful by the constant reference to the unfolding narrative of the book and its companion histories as well as an acute use of biblical theology. The result is that the reader is inducted into the words and works of God as they unfold within and beyond 2 Kings. I am so pleased to have it with its companion volumes on my bookshelf.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Peter Jensen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eformer Archbishop of Sydney, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this excellent commentary, John Woodhouse blesses the reader with careful and clear writing that delves into the stories and drama of 2 Kings. He helps us think through how to interpret these chapters in their historical context, and he faithfully guides us to see the stories in light of the redemptive trajectory of Scripture. Amid fiery prophets and a declining nation, the righteousness and faithfulness of God is on full display. If you're studying or teaching 2 Kings, you’ll want Woodhouse’s commentary within arm’s reach.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Mitchell L. Chase\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, The Southern Baptist Theological\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAdditional Information:\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 788\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Crossway\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodhouse, John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000499351793,"sku":"9781433514609","price":65.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/8731\/8425\/files\/9781433598869_37.png?v=1775507377","url":"https:\/\/reformedbookservices.com\/products\/preaching-the-word-2-kings-the-truth-about-our-troubled-world","provider":"Reformed Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}