John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:25
He restored the coast of Israel ,.... The cities upon it, which had been taken away from them by their enemies: from the entering of Hamath ; which was the northern border of the land of Canaan, the entrance into it from Syria, see Numbers 34:8 , unto the sea of the plain : of Jordan, called sometimes the salt sea and the Dead Sea; the lake Asphaltites, as Josephus F11 Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 9.) c. 10. sect. 1. , where formerly stood Sodom and Gomorrah: according to the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 14:23-29
Here is an account of the reign of Jeroboam the second. I doubt it is an indication of the affection and adherence of the house of Jehu to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that they called an heir-apparent to the crown by his name, thinking that an honourable name which in the book of God is infamous and stigmatized as much as any. I. His reign was long, the longest of all the reigns of the kings of Israel: He reigned forty-one years; yet his contemporary Azariah,... read more