2 Kings 14:25

Amittai Jonah Gath-hepher Lebo-hamath Sea of the Plain

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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BSB: This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
KJV: 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.
WEB: He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the LORD, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.
ASV: He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
DARBY: He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the sea of the plain, according to the word of Jehovah the God of Israel, which he had spoken through his servant Jonah the prophet, the son of Amittai, who was of Gath-Hepher.
BLB: He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of YHWH, God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet who [was] from Gath-hepher.

ÅB: Han vant tilbake Israels landemerker fra der hvor veien går til Hamat, og like til Ødemarks-havet, etter det ord som Herren, Israels Gud, hadde talt ved sin tjener profeten Jonas, Amittais sønn, fra Gat-Hefer.
OTB: Han gjenopprettet Israels grense fra inngangen til Hamat til Araba-sjøen, i samsvar med Herrens ord, Israels Gud, som Han talte gjennom sin tjener Jona, sønn av Amittai, profeten, som var fra Gat-Hefer.
B1930: Han vant tilbake Israels landemerker fra der hvor veien går til Hamat, og like til Ødemarks-havet, efter det ord som Herren, Israels Gud, hadde talt ved sin tjener profeten Jonas, Amittais sønn, fra Gat-Hefer.

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Cross references

Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
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Jonah 1:1
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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Numbers 13:21
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
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1 Kings 8:65
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
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Joshua 19:13
And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
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Matthew 12:39–40
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
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Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
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Numbers 34:7–8
And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
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