2 Kings 14:23-29
Evangelical Heritage Version
Jeroboam II, Son of Jehoash, King of Israel
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria for forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn from all the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat caused Israel to commit. 25 It was he who restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea[a] according to the word which the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai, who was from Gath Hepher.
26 The Lord saw the misery of Israel, which was extremely bitter for both bound and free.[b] There was no one to help Israel. 27 Since the Lord had not said that he would wipe the name of Israel from under the heavens, he rescued them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.
28 As for the rest of Jeroboam’s acts and everything he did and his mighty deeds, the wars he fought, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath (which had belonged to Judah) for Israel, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Israel? 29 Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Then his son Zechariah became king in his place.
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- 2 Kings 14:25 Hebrew Sea of the Arabah
- 2 Kings 14:26 It is uncertain which groups of people are referred to by the terms bound and free.
2 Kings 14:23-29
Lexham English Bible
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Jehoash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Jehoash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, reigning forty-one years. 24 But he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which he caused Israel to sin. 25 He restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-Hamath up to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah the son of Amittai the prophet, who was from Gath-Hepher. 26 For Yahweh saw that the misery of Israel was very bitter, whether bond or free, but there was no helper for Israel. 27 Yahweh did not decree to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Jehoash.
28 Now the remainder of the acts of Jeroboam, all that he did, his powerful deeds, how he fought, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath of Judah to Israel, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel? 29 So Jeroboam slept with his ancestors[a] the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah became king in his place.
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- 2 Kings 14:29 Or “fathers”
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