2 Kings 14:23-25

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.

2 Kings 14:23-25 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

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "by"