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2 Kings 14:23

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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.

2 Kings 14:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 14:23

Theological / Devotional

Jeroboam. The same name as that of the first king of Israel (1 Kings 12:20). He is sometimes called Jeroboam II by present-day scholars to distinguish him from the first Jeroboam. Jeroboam II may have been named after the founder of the kingdom of Israel, and, in giving this name to his son, the father may have hoped that his successor would be a second founder, and bring the nation into a new era of strength and prosperity.

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