2 Kings 14:26

Translations

Modern

For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

Traditional

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.

Literal

For YHWH saw the affliction of Israel—very bitter—and there was none restrained and none set free, and no helper for Israel.

Latin

Vidit enim Dominus afflictionem Israël amaram nimis, et quod consumpti essent usque ad clausos carcere et extremos, et non esset qui auxiliaretur Israëli.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

Notes

2 Kings 14:26–28

He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam: God saw the people's helplessness and stayed true to the covenant with Israel's ancestors (2 Kings 13:23).
the rest of the acts of Jeroboam: The narrator suggests Jeroboam's God-given power and wealth. The Samaria ostraca (inscribed pottery fragments) also shows that this was a time of prosperity. The prophecies of Hosea and Amos reveal that despite the wealth during Jeroboam's reign, the Israelites did not turn to the Lord.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeroboam II

Events

Reign of Jeroboam II

Related verses

Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
2 Kings 13:4
Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Psalm 106:43–45
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
Exodus 3:9
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
Judges 10:16
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
1 Kings 21:21
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
1 Kings 14:10
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Jeroboam Kings, Books of First and Second Nineveh, Ninevite Samaria

Topics

God: Mercy of God: Preserver: Delivering Israel by Jeroboam Ii Jeroboam: King of Israel: Makes Conquest of Hamath and Damascus Kings: Who Reigned Over Israel: Jeroboam the Second Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Conquests of Jeroboam

2 Kings 14:26

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