2 Kings 14:25
in 2 Kings 14This 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 2 Kings 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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:
This site's exposition
by the hand of his servant Jonah
Jeroboam restores Israel's border from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the plain, and the text credits the recovery to the word of the Lord spoken by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath Hepher. This is the same Jonah whose own book carries him to Nineveh with a message of mercy for a wicked pagan city, and here he stands first as a northern prophet who brings good news to a wicked dynasty at home. The court that never departs from Jeroboam's sin still receives a word of national deliverance through a true prophet of the Lord.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"In the fifteenth year of King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah, King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel began to reign in Samaria; he reigned forty-one years. He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according …
The Medieval Church1 voice
"He restored the boundaries of Israel from the entrance of Hamath, etc." [2 Kings 14:25] It is said of Jeroboam, king of Israel: He restored the boundaries of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah. Hamath, which is now called …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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
He restored the coast of Israel,....
Two reasons are here given why God blessed them with those victories:-- (1.) Because their distress was very great, which made them the objects of his compassion,
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He restored the coast of Israel - From the description that is here given, it appears that Jeroboam reconquered all the territory that had been taken from the kings of Israel; so that Jeroboam the second left the kingdom as ample as it was when the ten tribes separated under Jeroboam the first.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ה֗וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הֵשִׁיב֙ | heshiv | he restored | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גְּב֣וּל | gevul | [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מִלְּב֥וֹא | milevo' | from Lebo | H935 → | 2568 times |
| חֲמָ֖ת | chamat | Hamath | H2574 → | 35 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יָ֣ם | yam | [the] sea of | H3220 → | 396 times |
| הָעֲרָבָ֑ה | haaravah | the Arabah | H6160 → | 61 times |
| כִּדְבַ֤ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֗ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַבְדּ֞וֹ | avdo | servant his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| יוֹנָ֤ה | yonah | Jonah | H3124 → | |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲמִתַּי֙ | ʾamitai | Amittai | H573 → | |
| הַנָּבִ֔יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מִגַּ֥ת | migat | [was] from Gath | H1662 → | |
| הַחֵֽפֶר׃ | hachefer | <the> Hepher | H1662 → |
ה֗וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
הֵשִׁיב֙he restored
heshivH7725 →1056 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גְּב֣וּל[the] border of
gevulH1366 →240 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מִלְּב֥וֹאfrom Lebo
milevo'H935 →2568 times
חֲמָ֖תHamath
chamatH2574 →35 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
יָ֣ם[the] sea of
yamH3220 →396 times
הָעֲרָבָ֑הthe Arabah
haaravahH6160 →61 times
כִּדְבַ֤רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֗רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
בְּיַד־by [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
עַבְדּ֞וֹservant his
avdoH5650 →799 times
יוֹנָ֤הJonah
yonahH3124 →
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
אֲמִתַּי֙Amittai
ʾamitaiH573 →
הַנָּבִ֔יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מִגַּ֥ת[was] from Gath
migatH1662 →
הַחֵֽפֶר׃<the> Hepher
hacheferH1662 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Jonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
it 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.
- Luke 11:32
Through
1 Kings 8:65So 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…
it 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 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 13:5
Through
Deuteronomy 3:17The 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.
it 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.
- Joshua 12:3
Through
Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
it 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.
- Numbers 20:1
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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); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Thirty Questions on the Book of Kings; Bede, Questions on the Book of Kings #22; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 14:23; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.