2 Kings 14:25-28

25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea,^[a] in accordance with the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

26 The LORD had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering;^[b] there was no one to help them.

27 And since the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

28 As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

2 Kings 14:25-28 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. S Numbers 13:21; 1 Kings 8:65
• 2. Deuteronomy 3:17
• 3. John 1:1; Matthew 12:39
• 4. Deuteronomy 32:36
• 5. 2 Kings 13:4
• 6. Psalms 18:41; Psalms 22:11; Psalms 72:12; Psalms 107:12; Isaiah 63:5; Lamentations 1:7
• 7. S Deuteronomy 29:20; 2 Kings 13:23
• 8. S Judges 6:14
• 9. S 2 Samuel 8:5; 1 Kings 11:24
• 10. S 2 Samuel 8:9; 2 Chronicles 8:3
• 11. 1 Kings 15:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "the Sea of the Arabah"
• [b]. Or "Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, and"