John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 14:28
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred ,.... His valiant acts and warlike exploits: and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel ; which cities, in the times of David and Solomon, were tributary to Judah, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Syrians, from whom Jeroboam recovered them, and annexed them to the kingdom of Israel; or, as Kimchi, though Jeroboam was king of Israel, yet, having taken them,... 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