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26 For the Lord saw the full bitter torment of Israel, and that they were wasted unto the closed men of prison (and that they were wasted unto the enclosed men in prison), and to the last men, and there was none that helped Israel.

27 And the Lord spake not, that he should do away [the name of] Israel from under heaven, but he saved them in the hand of Jeroboam (II), the son of Jehoash (but he saved them by the hand, or the power, of Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash).

28 Forsooth the residue of the words of Jeroboam (II), and all things that he did, and the strength of him, by which he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and Hamath of Judah, in Israel (to Israel), whether these be not written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of the kings of Israel?

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26 The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free,(A) was suffering;[a](B) there was no one to help them.(C) 27 And since the Lord had not said he would blot out(D) the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved(E) them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

28 As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus(F) and Hamath,(G) which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals(H) of the kings of Israel?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 14:26 Or Israel was suffering. They were without a ruler or leader, and