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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 14:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 2Ki 14:25 |
Strong Concordance |
He restored [07725] the coast [01366] of Israel [03478] from the entering [0935] of Hamath [02574] unto the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], which he spake [01696] by the hand [03027] of his servant [05650] Jonah [03124], the son [01121] of Amittai [0573], the prophet [05030], which was of Gathhepher [01662]. |
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King James |
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 Gathhepher. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Kg2 10:33; Kg2 13:3, Kg2 13:25. All this was now recovered: and not only so, but Moab was reduced Amo 6:14, and the Syrians were in their turn forced to submit to the Jews Kg2 14:28. The northern conquests were perhaps little less important than the eastern Kg2 14:28.
The word of the Lord ... which he spake - Some have found the prophecy of Jonah here alluded to, or a portion of it, in Isa 15:1-9; Isa 16:1-14 (see Kg2 16:13); but without sufficient grounds.
This passage tends to fix Jonah's date to some period not very late in the reign of Jeroboam II, i. e. (according to the ordinary chronology) from 823 B.C. to 782 B.C. On Gath-hepher, see the marginal reference and note. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| He brought back (השׁיב), i.e., restored, the boundary of Israel from towards Hamath in the north, to the point to which the kingdom extended in the time of Solomon (Kg1 8:65), to the sea of the Arabah (the present Ghor), i.e., to the Dead Sea (compare Deu 3:17, and Deu 4:49, from which this designation of the southern border of the kingdom of the ten tribes arose), "according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through the prophet Jonah," who had probably used this designation of the southern boundary, which was borrowed from the Pentateuch, in the announcement which he made. The extent of the kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam is defined in the same manner in Amo 6:14, but instead of הערבה ים the הערבה נחל is mentioned, i.e., in all probability the Wady el Ashy, which formed the boundary between Moab and Edom; from which we may see that Jeroboam had also subjugated the Moabites to his kingdom, which is not only rendered probable by Kg2 3:6., but is also implied in the words that he restored the former boundary of the kingdom of Israel-On the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, see the Comm. on Jon 1:1. Gath-hepher, in the tribe of Zebulun, is the present village of Meshed, to the north of Nazareth (see at Jos 19:13). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The sea - Unto the dead sea, once a goodly plain, Gen 13:10, which was their southern border. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
13 And he burnt [06999] his burnt offering [05930] and his meat offering [04503], and poured [05258] his drink offering [05262], and sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818] of his peace offerings [08002], upon the altar [04196].
1 Send [07971] ye the lamb [03733] to the ruler [04910] of the land [0776] from Sela [05554] to the wilderness [04057], unto the mount [02022] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726].
2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering [05074] bird [05775] cast out [07971] of the nest [07064], so the daughters [01323] of Moab [04124] shall be at the fords [04569] of Arnon [0769].
3 Take [0935] counsel [06098], execute [06213] judgment [06415]; make [07896] thy shadow [06738] as the night [03915] in the midst [08432] of the noonday [06672]; hide [05641] the outcasts [05080]; bewray [01540] not him that wandereth [05074].
4 Let mine outcasts [05080] dwell [01481] with thee, Moab [04124]; be [01933] thou a covert [05643] to them from the face [06440] of the spoiler [07703]: for the extortioner [04160] is at an end [0656], the spoiler [07701] ceaseth [03615], the oppressors [07429] are consumed [08552] out of the land [0776].
5 And in mercy [02617] shall the throne [03678] be established [03559]: and he shall sit [03427] upon it in truth [0571] in the tabernacle [0168] of David [01732], judging [08199], and seeking [01875] judgment [04941], and hasting [04106] righteousness [06664].
6 We have heard [08085] of the pride [01347] of Moab [04124]; he is very [03966] proud [01341]: even of his haughtiness [01346], and his pride [01347], and his wrath [05678]: but his lies [0907] shall not be so.
7 Therefore shall Moab [04124] howl [03213] for Moab [04124], every one shall howl [03213]: for the foundations [0808] of Kirhareseth [07025] shall ye mourn [01897]; surely they are stricken [05218].
8 For the fields [07709] of Heshbon [02809] languish [0535], and the vine [01612] of Sibmah [07643]: the lords [01167] of the heathen [01471] have broken down [01986] the principal plants [08291] thereof, they are come [05060] even unto Jazer [03270], they wandered [08582] through the wilderness [04057]: her branches [07976] are stretched out [05203], they are gone over [05674] the sea [03220].
9 Therefore I will bewail [01058] with the weeping [01065] of Jazer [03270] the vine [01612] of Sibmah [07643]: I will water [07301] thee with my tears [01832], O Heshbon [02809], and Elealeh [0500]: for the shouting [01959] for thy summer fruits [07019] and for thy harvest [07105] is fallen [05307].
10 And gladness [08057] is taken away [0622], and joy [01524] out of the plentiful field [03759]; and in the vineyards [03754] there shall be no singing [07442], neither shall there be shouting [07321]: the treaders [01869] shall tread out [01869] no wine [03196] in their presses [03342]; I have made their vintage shouting [01959] to cease [07673].
11 Wherefore my bowels [04578] shall sound [01993] like an harp [03658] for Moab [04124], and mine inward parts [07130] for Kirharesh [07025].
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen [07200] that Moab [04124] is weary [03811] on the high place [01116], that he shall come [0935] to his sanctuary [04720] to pray [06419]; but he shall not prevail [03201].
13 This is the word [01697] that the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] concerning Moab [04124] since that time [0227].
14 But now the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696], saying [0559], Within three [07969] years [08141], as the years [08141] of an hireling [07916], and the glory [03519] of Moab [04124] shall be contemned [07034], with all that great [07227] multitude [01995]; and the remnant [07605] shall be very [04592] small [04213] and feeble [03808] [03524].
1 The burden [04853] of Moab [04124]. Because in the night [03915] Ar [06144] of Moab [04124] is laid waste [07703], and brought to silence [01820]; because in the night [03915] Kir [07024] of Moab [04124] is laid waste [07703], and brought to silence [01820];
2 He is gone up [05927] to Bajith [01006], and to Dibon [01769], the high places [01116], to weep [01065]: Moab [04124] shall howl [03213] over Nebo [05015], and over Medeba [04311]: on all their heads [07218] shall be baldness [07144], and every beard [02206] cut off [01438].
3 In their streets [02351] they shall gird [02296] themselves with sackcloth [08242]: on the tops [01406] of their houses, and in their streets [07339], every one shall howl [03213], weeping [01065] abundantly [03381].
4 And Heshbon [02809] shall cry [02199], and Elealeh [0500]: their voice [06963] shall be heard [08085] even unto Jahaz [03096]: therefore the armed soldiers [02502] of Moab [04124] shall cry out [07321]; his life [05315] shall be grievous [03415] unto him.
5 My heart [03820] shall cry out [02199] for Moab [04124]; his fugitives [01280] shall flee unto Zoar [06820], an heifer [05697] of three years old [07992]: for by the mounting up [04608] of Luhith [03872] with weeping [01065] shall they go it up [05927]; for in the way [01870] of Horonaim [02773] they shall raise up [05782] a cry [02201] of destruction [07667].
6 For the waters [04325] of Nimrim [05249] shall be desolate [04923]: for the hay [02682] is withered away [03001], the grass [01877] faileth [03615], there is no green thing [03418].
7 Therefore the abundance [03502] they have gotten [06213], and that which they have laid up [06486], shall they carry away [05375] to the brook [05158] of the willows [06155].
8 For the cry [02201] is gone round about [05362] the borders [01366] of Moab [04124]; the howling [03215] thereof unto Eglaim [097], and the howling [03215] thereof unto Beerelim [0879].
9 For the waters [04325] of Dimon [01775] shall be full [04390] of blood [01818]: for I will bring [07896] more [03254] upon Dimon [01775], lions [0738] upon him that escapeth [06413] of Moab [04124], and upon the remnant [07611] of the land [0127].
28 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jeroboam [03379], and all that he did [06213], and his might [01369], how he warred [03898], and how he recovered [07725] Damascus [01834], and Hamath [02574], which belonged to Judah [03063], for Israel [03478], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
28 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jeroboam [03379], and all that he did [06213], and his might [01369], how he warred [03898], and how he recovered [07725] Damascus [01834], and Hamath [02574], which belonged to Judah [03063], for Israel [03478], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478]?
14 But, behold, I will raise up [06965] against you a nation [01471], O house [01004] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] the God [0430] of hosts [06635]; and they shall afflict [03905] you from the entering in [0935] of Hemath [02574] unto the river [05158] of the wilderness [06160].
25 And Jehoash [03060] the son [01121] of Jehoahaz [03059] took [03947] again [07725] out of the hand [03027] of Benhadad [01130] the son [01121] of Hazael [02371] the cities [05892], which he had taken [03947] out of the hand [03027] of Jehoahaz [03059] his father [01] by war [04421]. Three [07969] times [06471] did Joash [03101] beat [05221] him, and recovered [07725] the cities [05892] of Israel [03478].
3 And the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478], and he delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758], and into the hand [03027] of Benhadad [01130] the son [01121] of Hazael [02371], all their days [03117].
33 From Jordan [03383] eastward [04217] [08121], all the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], the Gadites [01425], and the Reubenites [07206], and the Manassites [04520], from Aroer [06177], which is by the river [05158] Arnon [0769], even Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316].
13 And from thence passeth on along [05674] on the east [04217] [06924] to Gittahhepher [01662], to Ittahkazin [06278], and goeth out [03318] to Remmonmethoar [07417] to Neah [05269];
1 Now the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto Jonah [03124] the son [01121] of Amittai [0573], saying [0559],
6 And king [04428] Jehoram [03088] went out [03318] of Samaria [08111] the same time [03117], and numbered [06485] all Israel [03478].
14 But, behold, I will raise up [06965] against you a nation [01471], O house [01004] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] the God [0430] of hosts [06635]; and they shall afflict [03905] you from the entering in [0935] of Hemath [02574] unto the river [05158] of the wilderness [06160].
49 And all the plain [06160] on this side [05676] Jordan [03383] eastward [04217], even unto the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], under the springs [0794] of Pisgah [06449].
17 The plain [06160] also, and Jordan [03383], and the coast [01366] thereof, from Chinnereth [03672] even unto the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], even the salt [04417] sea [03220], under Ashdothpisgah [0798] [0794] eastward [04217].
65 And at that time [06256] Solomon [08010] held [06213] a feast [02282], and all Israel [03478] with him, a great [01419] congregation [06951], from the entering [0935] in of Hamath [02574] unto the river [05158] of Egypt [04714], before [06440] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], seven [07651] days [03117] and seven [07651] days [03117], even fourteen [0702] [06240] days [03117].
10 And Lot [03876] lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869], and beheld [07200] all the plain [03603] of Jordan [03383], that it was well watered [04945] every where, before [06440] the LORD [03068] destroyed [07843] Sodom [05467] and Gomorrah [06017], even as the garden [01588] of the LORD [03068], like the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], as thou comest [0935] unto Zoar [06820].