²⁴ He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.^{(A) 25} He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath^(B) to the Dead Sea,^[a](C) in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah^(D) son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

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