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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 14:23 - 14:23
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2Ki 14:23-29. Jeroboam’s wicked reign over Israel.
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 (2Ki 14:25), but adhered to the favorite religious policy of the Israelitish sovereigns (2Ki 14:24). While God granted him so great a measure of national prosperity and eminence, the reason is expressly stated (2Ki 14:26, 2Ki 14:27) to be that the purposes of the divine covenant forbade as yet the overthrow of the kingdom of the ten tribes (see 2Ki 13:23).