2 Kings 14:23–29

ISRAEL’S KING JEROBOAM

²³In the fifteenth year of Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboamⁱ son of Jehoash became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. ²⁴He 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.^j

²⁵He restored Israel’s border^k from Lebo-hamath^l as far as the Sea of the Arabah,^m according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonahⁿ son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.^{o 26}For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter^p for both slaves and free people.^C There was no one to help Israel. ²⁷The Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel under heaven,^q so he delivered^r them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

²⁸The 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^s and Hamath,^t which had belonged to Judah^D—are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.^{u 29}Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.^v