열왕기하 14:25-26 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 14:26

For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter . The repetition is perhaps to be accounted for by the desire of the writer to explain how it came to pass that so great a deliverance was granted to Israel under a king who maintained the worship of the calves. He views it as the consequence of God's infinite compassion, and of the extreme bitterness of Israel's sufferings under the Syrians. For there was not any shut up, nor any left (see the comment on 1 Kings 14:10 ),... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:25

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 2 Kings 10:33; 2Ki 13:3, 2 Kings 13:25.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:26

The affliction of Israel - That which the Israelites had suffered for two reigns at the hands of the Syrians 2 Kings 10:32-33; 2 Kings 13:3, 2 Kings 13:7,2 Kings 13:22.There was not any shut up, nor any left - A phrase implying complete depopulation (see the marginal reference note; 1 Kings 14:10), but here meaning no more than extreme depression and weakness. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 14:25

2 Kings 14:25. He restored the coast, &c., from Hamath Which was the northern border of the kingdom of Israel; unto the sea of the plain The Dead sea, which was once a goodly plain, and was their southern border. Which he spake by his servant Jonah Or Jonas; one of the lesser prophets. The only mention that we have of this prophet is in this passage, and in the account of his famous mission to Nineveh, in considering which we shall say more concerning him. What the prophecies were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 14:26-27

2 Kings 14:26-27. The Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter Whereby he was moved to pity and help them, though they were an unworthy people. They that lived in those parts of their country, of which their enemies were masters, were miserably oppressed and enslaved, and could call nothing their own: the rest, we may suppose, were much empoverished by the frequent incursions which their enemies made upon them, to plunder them; and were continually frightened with their... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:23-29

An era of prosperity (14:23-15:7)During the long reigns of Jeroboam II in the north and Azariah (or Uzziah) in the south, Israel and Judah experienced political stability and economic development such as they had not known since the days of David and Solomon. This was possible partly because political conditions in the region were favourable to Israel and Judah.Syria had been used by God to punish Israel for its sins in following Baal. With the death of Hazael, Syrian power declined and Israel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 14:25

coast = border, or boundary. entering of Hamath. The pass between Lebanon and Hermon. the sea of the plain. The Dead Sea. Jonah. Named by the Lord Jesus (Matthew 12:39 , Matthew 12:40 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 14:26

not any shut up, nor any left = not any [place] strengthened or fortified. See note on Exodus 23:5 .Deuteronomy 32:36 . 1 Kings 14:10 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 14:25

2 Kings 14:25. By the hand of his servant Jonah— The only mention we have of this prophet is in this passage, and in the account of his famous mission to Nineveh, where we shall say more on the subject. What the prophesies were by which he encouraged Jeroboam to proclaim war against the king of Syria, are nowhere recorded; but as we have not every thing which the prophets did write, so several prophets did not commit their predictions to writing. From this place, however, we may observe that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 14:23-29

7. Jeroboam II’s evil reign in Israel 14:23-29Jeroboam II’s reign of 41 years was the longest in Israel’s history (793-753 B.C.). For the first 12 of these years he was coregent with his father Jehoash. [Note: Edwin R. Thiele, "Coregencies and Overlapping Reigns Among the Hebrew Kings," Journal of Biblical Literature 93:12 (1974):192-93.] He began ruling during the reign of Judah’s Jehoash, outlived Jehoash’s successor Amaziah, and died during the reign of Amaziah’s son Azariah (Uzziah).The... read more