Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
2 Kings 14:25 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 25. 25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Jeroboam II expands Israel despite evil.”
Jeroboam II widens the map while remaining evil
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Kings 14:23–29. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Kings 14:23–29
Read 2 Kings 14:25 with 14:23–29. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Jeroboam II continues Jeroboam's sin yet restores borders according to Jonah's word because the LORD sees Israel's bitter affliction.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Jeroboam II expands Israel despite evil,” 2 Kings 14:25 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Kings 14:15–22 establishes this prior movement: Jehoash's death is restated, Amaziah survives fifteen years before conspiracy and assassination, and the people install Azariah, who rebuilds Elath. 2 Kings 14:23–29 reverses, redirects, or qualifies the preceding movement; that evidenced relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 2 Kings 14:23–29 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 14:23–29 forms one scene or regnal notice: Jeroboam II continues Jeroboam's sin yet restores borders according to Jonah's word because the LORD sees Israel's bitter affliction.
Verse 23. 23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
Verse 24. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
Verse 25. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
Verse 26. 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
Verse 27. 27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
Verse 28. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Verse 29. 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
Follow the Context
- Jeroboam II continues Jeroboam's sin yet restores borders according to Jonah's word because the LORD sees Israel's bitter affliction.
- The unit closes by establishing the result or tension named in “Jeroboam II expands Israel despite evil” before the next narrated movement.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
2 Kings 14:25 does not permit the wording “He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according…” to be read apart from the selected verse's context. Territorial expansion is not proof of righteousness, a prosperity formula, or a warrant for modern nationalist mapping and conquest.
What Remains True
Public power, prophetic authority, and worship remain accountable to truth, human responsibility, affected people, and the limits of the evidence rather than title or success alone. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Jeroboam II continues Jeroboam's sin yet restores borders according to Jonah's word because the LORD sees Israel's bitter affliction. In 2 Kings 14:25, the concrete line “He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according…” keeps that truth accountable to narrated evidence.
Teach It Back
In 70–220 words, explain 2 Kings 14:25's role in 14:23–29. Paraphrase “He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according…,” identify one agent or affected person, state one material source or historical limit, and name one conclusion the context does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Kings 14:23–29 — Jeroboam II expands Israel despite evilSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The border language, Jonah notice, and relation to Amos and external chronology invite reconstruction; the narrator explicitly separates mercy from royal approval.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 14:23–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 14:23–29
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 648–649, translation and translator notes for 14:23–29
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