2 Kings 14:26

The Lord had seen how badly the Israelites were suffering, both slave and free. No one was there to help Israel.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

25He restored the border of Israel to where it had been, from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had said through his servant Jonah, son of Amittai, the prophet, who came from Gath-hepher.

27However, since the Lord had said that he would not wipe out Israel, he saved them through Jeroboam, son of Jehoash.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:9Listen! The cries of the Israelites have reached me, and I have seen how badly the Egyptians are mistreating them.

Judges 10:16So they got rid of the foreign gods they had and worshiped the Lord. And the Lord couldn't stand Israel's misery any longer.

1 Kings 21:21He says, “Watch out! I'm going to bring disaster on you and destroy your descendants. I will kill every male of Ahab's line, both slave and free, throughout the whole of Israel.

2 Kings 13:23But the Lord graciously helped them and was kind to them. He looked after them because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Even to this day he's been unwilling to destroy them or to throw them out of his presence.

Psalms 107:12So he humbled their pride with the troubles of life; they tripped over and no one was there to stop them falling.

Ezekiel 22:30I tried to find one of them to repair the wall and to defend the gap so when I came I wouldn't destroy it—but I couldn't find anyone.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 14:24-29

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. 25 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… Read the whole commentary →

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