2 Kings 14:23-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel’s King Jeroboam
23 In the fifteenth year of Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboam(A) son of Jehoash[a] became king of Israel in Samaria and reigned 41 years. 24 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.(B)
25 He restored Israel’s border(C) from Lebo-hamath(D) as far as the Sea of the Arabah,(E) according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant, the prophet Jonah(F) son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.(G) 26 For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter.(H) There was no one to help Israel, neither bond nor free. 27 However, the Lord had not said He would blot out the name of Israel under heaven,(I) so He delivered(J) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.[b]
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(K) and Hamath,(L) which had belonged to Judah[c] —are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.(M) 29 Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.(N)
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- 2 Kings 14:23 Lit Joash
- 2 Kings 14:27 Lit Joash
- 2 Kings 14:28 Lit recovered Damascus and for Judah in Israel; Hb obscure
2 Kings 14:23-29
International Standard Version
Jeroboam’s Reign over Israel
23 In the fifteenth year of the reign of[a] Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began a 41 year reign in Samaria. 24 He did what the Lord considered to be evil by not abandoning all the sins of Nebat’s son Jeroboam, who made Israel sin. 25 He rebuilt Israel’s coastline from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah,[b] in accordance with the message from the Lord God of Israel that he spoke through his servant Jonah the prophet, Amittai’s son, who was from Gath-hepher. 26 For the Lord observed Israel’s bitter misery, and there was no one left, neither slave nor free, and there was no deliverer for Israel. 27 The Lord had never said that he would erase the name of Israel from under heaven. Instead, he delivered them by Joash’s son Jeroboam. 28 The rest of Jeroboam’s actions—everything he did, including his powerful fighting and how on behalf of Israel he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah—are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel, are they not?
Zechariah’s Reign over Israel
29 Jeroboam died, as had[c] his ancestors the kings of Israel, and his son Zechariah became king in his place.
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- 2 Kings 14:23 The Heb. lacks the reign of
- 2 Kings 14:25 I.e. the Dead Sea; cf. Deut 3:17
- 2 Kings 14:29 Lit. Jeroboam slept with
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