Verse 25
25. Restored the coast Reconquered the territory that had been taken at different times from his predecessors, and made the kingdom as extensive as it was in the days of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Entering of Hamath The northern border of the kingdom of Solomon, (1 Kings 8:65,) commonly identified with the southern opening into the great valley of Coele-Syria. See on Joshua 13:5.
Sea of the plain The Salt or Dead Sea. Compare Deuteronomy 3:17.
Word of the Lord God A communication or oracle granted, notwithstanding the king’s wickedness, for the comfort of Israel.
By the hand of… Jonah That is, through his agency or instrumentality. There can be no reasonable doubt that this Jonah, the son of Amittai, is the same prophet whose ministry to the Ninevites is recorded in the prophetical book that bears his name. Josephus says: “Jonah, a prophet, foretold to Jeroboam that he should make war with the Syrians, and conquer their army, and enlarge the bounds of his kingdom on the northern parts to the city of Hamath, and on the southern to the lake Asphaltitis; for the bounds of the Canaanites were originally these, according as Joshua, the general, determined. So Jeroboam organized an expedition against the Syrians, and overran all their country, as Jonah had foretold.”
Gath-hepher The same as Gittah-hepher, in the tribe of Zebulon. See on Joshua 19:13.
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