2 Kings 14:25 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 14:25

This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

BSB

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ASV

He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

KJV

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He restored the coast of Israel - Jeroboam, in the course of his long reign, recovered the old boundaries of the holy land to the north, the east, and the southeast. The “entering in of Hamath” is spoken of as the northern boundary; the “sea of the plain,” or the Dead Sea, is the southern boundary (see the marginal references): here Israel adjoined on Moab. The entire tract east of Jordan had been lost to Israel in the reign of Jehu and that of Jehoahaz 2Ki 10:33; 2Ki 13:3, 2Ki 13:

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
הֵשִׁיב֙	he.Shiv	he restored	H7725 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	[the] border of	H1366 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
מִלְּב֥וֹא	mi.le.Vo'	from Lebo	H935 →
חֲמָ֖ת	cha.Mat	Hamath	H2574 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
יָ֣ם	yam	[the] sea of	H3220 →
הָעֲרָבָ֑ה	ha.'a.ra.Vah	the Arabah	H6160 →
כִּדְבַ֤ר	kid.Var	according to [the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֗ר	di.Ber	he spoke	H1696 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
עַבְדּ֞וֹ	av.Do	servant his	H5650 →
יוֹנָ֤ה	yo.Nah	Jonah	H3124 →
בֶן־	ven-	[the] son of	H1121 →
אֲמִתַּי֙	'a.mi.Tai	Amittai	H573 →
הַנָּבִ֔יא	ha.na.Vi'	the prophet	H5030 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
מִגַּ֥ת	mi.Gat	[was] from Gath	H1662 →
הַחֵֽפֶר׃	ha.Che.fer	<the> Hepher	H1662 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jonah 1:1
Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
leads to
- Luke 11:32
  The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Luke 11:29–30
  As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
- Matthew 16:4
  A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
- Matthew 12:39–41
  Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Through
1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…
leads to
- Joshua 13:5
  the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
leads to
- Joshua 12:3
  as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
Through
Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
leads to
- Numbers 20:1
  In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 33:36
  They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.