26 For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter(A) for both slaves and free people.[a] There was no one to help Israel. 27 The Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under heaven,(B) so he delivered(C) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

28 The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign—along with all his accomplishments, the power he had to wage war, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus(D) and Hamath,(E) which had belonged to Judah[b]—are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:26 Hb obscure
  2. 14:28 Lit recovered Damascus and for Judah in Israel; Hb obscure

26 For the Lord (A)saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, (B)there was no helper for Israel. 27 (C)And the Lord 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.

28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did—his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured for Israel, from (D)Damascus and Hamath, (E)what had belonged to Judah—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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