2 Kings 14:25-27

Contemporary English Version

^25 (A) Jeroboam extended the boundaries of Israel from Lebo-Hamath in the north to the Dead Sea in the south, just as the Lord had promised his servant Jonah son of Amittai, who was a prophet from Gath-Hepher. ²⁶ The Lord helped Jeroboam do this because he had seen how terribly the Israelites were suffering, whether slave or free, and no one was left to help them. ²⁷ And since the Lord had promised that he would not let Israel be completely destroyed, he helped Jeroboam rescue them.