25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo5 14:25 Or from the entrance to Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah,6 14:25 That is, the Dead Sea in accordance with the word of the LORD , the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher. |
26 The LORD had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering; there was no one to help them. |
27 And since the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash. |
28 As for the other events of Jeroboam's reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Yaudi,7 14:28 Or Judah are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? |
29 Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king. |