24 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord: for he departed not from all the [a]sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin.

25 He restored the coast of Israel, from the entering of Hamath, unto the sea of the wilderness, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake [b]by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai the Prophet, which was of Gath Hepher.

26 For the Lord saw the exceedingly bitter affliction of Israel, so that there was none [c]shut up, nor any left, neither yet any that could help Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:24 Because this idolatry was so vile and almost incredible, that men should forsake the living God, to worship calves, the work of man’s hands, therefore the Scripture doth ofttimes repeat it in the reproach of all idolaters.
  2. 2 Kings 14:25 Hebrew, by the hand of.
  3. 2 Kings 14:26 Read 1 Kings 14:10.

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