Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 14:23
23. Jeroboam, the son of Joash king of Israel—This was Jeroboam II who, on regaining the lost territory, raised the kingdom to great political power ( :-), but adhered to the favorite religious policy of the Israelitish sovereigns ( :-). While God granted him so great a measure of national prosperity and eminence, the reason is expressly stated (2 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 14:27) to be that the purposes of the divine covenant forbade as yet the overthrow of the kingdom of the ten tribes (see 2 Kings... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 14:23
THE "SAVIOUR" OF ISRAEL (JEROBOAM) IS ENTHRONED"In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of... read more