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2 Kings 14:28

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As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

KJV

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

How he warred, and - recovered Damascus - We learn from 1Ch 18:3-11, that David had conquered all Syria, and put garrisons in Damascus and other places, and laid all the Syrians under tribute; but this yoke they had not only shaken off, but they had conquered a considerable portion of the Israelitish territory, and added it to Syria. These latter Jeroboam now recovered; and thus the places which anciently belonged to Judah by David’s conquests, and were repossessed by Syria, he now conquered, and added to Israel.

This site's exposition

recovered both Damascus and Hamath

on 2 Kings 14:28-29

The chronicle formula closes Jeroboam's reign, naming how he “recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel”. Jeroboam dies, and “his son Zechariah reigned in his place”, the fourth generation from Jehu, as the LORD had promised Jehu at 10:30. The promise to Jehu's house is kept to its stated limit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

He recovered Damascus - Jeroboam probably gained certain advantages over Benhadad, which induced the latter to make his submission and consent to such terms as those extorted by Ahab 1Ki 20:34. Hamath was probably among the actual conquests of Jeroboam. It was brought so low in his reign, as to have become almost a by-word for calamity (compare Amo 6:2). Which belonged to Judah, for Israel - i. e. these cities were recovered to Judah, i. e. to the people of God generally, through or by means of being added to Israel, i. e. to the northern kingdom. A few further facts in the history of Jeroboam II are recorded by the prophet Amos (compare Amo 7:10, etc.).

The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיֶתֶר֩and [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֨י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֜םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂה֙he did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • וּגְבוּרָת֣וֹand might his

    ugevuratoH1369 →61 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נִלְחָ֔םhe waged war

    nilchamH3898 →177 times

  • וַאֲשֶׁ֨רand which

    vaasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֵשִׁ֜יבhe restored

    heshivH7725 →1056 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • דַּמֶּ֧שֶׂקDamascus

    damesekH1834 →45 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • חֲמָ֛תHamath

    chamatH2574 →35 times

  • לִיהוּדָ֖הto Judah

    lihudahH3063 →819 times

  • בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לin Israel

    beyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הֲלֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789 →224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 5:17All of them were reckoned in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.6 works1 Kings 11:24and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.5 works1 Chronicles 18:5–6When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.3 works2 Samuel 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.3 works2 Chronicles 8:3–4Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.2 works1 Chronicles 29:30together with all the details of his reign, his might, and the circumstances that came upon him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the lands.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 15:11As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 8:6

    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 8:14

      He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

    • 2 Samuel 7:9

      I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

    • 2 Chronicles 17:2

      He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

    • Psalms 18:34–46

      He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

    • Psalms 144:1–2

      Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

  • Through

    1 Kings 11:24

    and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 10:8

      The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in…

    • 2 Samuel 10:18

      But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.

    • 1 Kings 20:34

      Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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