2 Kings 14:23-29

23 In the fifteenth * year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one * years.

24 He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.

25 ¹He restored the border of Israel from ²the entrance of Hamath as far as ³the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant ⁴Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of ⁵Gath-hepher.

26 For the ⁶LORD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for ⁷there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel.

27 The ⁸LORD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

Zechariah Reigns over Israel

28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, ⁹Damascus and ¹⁰Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles * of the Kings of Israel?

29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place.

2 Kings 14:23-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 14

In this chapter we have the good reign of Amaziah king of Judah, his victories over the Edomites, and war with Jehoash king of Israel, by whom he was taken, who died quickly after, 2Ki 14:1-16, but Amaziah lived fifteen years afterwards, and was slain by a conspiracy against him, and Azariah his son reigned in his stead, 2Ki 14:17-22, and a short account is given of the reign of Jeroboam the second, king of Israel, 2Ki 14:23-29.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 13:25
• 2. 1 Kings 8:65
• 3. Deuteronomy 3:17
• 4. Jonah 1:1; Matthew 12:39, 40
• 5. Joshua 19:13
• 6. 2 Kings 13:4
• 7. Deuteronomy 32:36
• 8. 2 Kings 13:23
• 9. 1 Kings 11:24
• 10. 2 Chronicles 8:3

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "by"