King Jeroboam #2 of Israel

23 When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam #2 became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for 41 years. 24 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also. 25 His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath city in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher town, would happen.

26 That happened because Yahweh saw that the Israelis’ enemies were causing the Israelis to suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one [IDM] who would help them. 27 But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam #2 to rescue them.

28 If you want to know more about everything else that Jeroboam #2 did, about his fighting courageously in battles, and about his enabling the Israelis to capture again Damascus and Hamath cities, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. 29 Jeroboam #2 died [EUP], and was buried where the other kings of Israel were buried, and his son Zechariah became the king.