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25 Jeroboam was the king who made Israel's border strong between Lebo-Hamath and the Salt Sea.[a] The Lord, Israel's God, had already told his prophet Jonah that this would happen. Jonah was the son of Amittai and he came from Gath Hepher.

26 Everyone in Israel had a lot of trouble and pain, whoever they were. There was no leader who could rescue them. The Lord had seen this, so he helped Jeroboam. 27 The Lord had never said that he would completely remove Israel from the earth. So he gave Jehoash's son Jeroboam the power to rescue them.

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  1. 14:25 Lebo-Hamath was in the north of Israel and the Salt Sea was in the south. We call the Salt Sea the Dead Sea today.