2 Kings 14:26

_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._ For the Lord saw the affiction of Israel, that it was very bitter х_ `AANIY_ (H6040) _ YISRAA'EEL_ (H3478) _ MOREH_ (H4784) _ Mª'OD_ (H3966)] - that the affliction of Israel was very perverse; i:e., stubborn, or incurable. [The Septuagint has: tapeinoosin Israeel pikran sfodra, the affliction of Israel very bitter; apparently reading _ MAARAAH_ (H4784) (adjective), instead of the word in the present Hebrew text, _ MOREH _ (H4784) (verb).] FOR THERE WAS NOT ANY SHUT UP, NOR ANY LEFT. This phrase, the import of which

23-29 God raised up the prophet Jonah, and by him declared the purposes of his favour to Israel. It is a sign that God has not cast off his people, if he continues faithful ministers among them. Two reasons are given why God blessed them with those victories: 1. Because the distress was very great, which made them objects of his compassion. 2. Because the decree was not yet gone forth for their destruction. Many prophets there had been in Israel, but none left prophecies in writing till this age, and their prophecies are part of the Bible. Hosea began to prophesy in the reign of this Jeroboam. At the same time Amos prophesied; soon after Micah, then Isaiah, in the days of Ahaz and Hezekiah. Thus God, in the darkest and most degenerate ages of the church, raised up some to be burning and shining lights in it; to their own age, by their preaching and living, and a few by their writings, to...

Verse 26. _THE LORD SAW THE AFFLICTION OF ISRAEL_] It appears that about this time Israel had been greatly reduced; and great calamities had fallen upon all indiscriminately; even the _diseased_ and _captives_ in the dungeon had the hand of God heavy upon them, and there was _no helper_; and then God sent _Jonah_ to encourage them, and to assure them of better days. He was the first of the prophets, after _Samuel_, whose writings are preserved; yet the prophecy delivered on this occasion is not extant; for what is now in the prophecies of Jonah, relates wholly to _Nineveh_....

THE AFFLICTION OF ISRAEL - That which the Israelites had suffered for two reigns at the hands of the Syrians 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 13:3, 2 Kings 13:7,2 Kings 13:22. THERE WAS NOT ANY SHUT UP, NOR ANY LEFT - A phrase implying complete depopulation (see the marginal reference note; 1 Kings 14:10), but here meaning no more than extreme depression and weakness....

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 14:1 REIGNS OF AMAZIAH, SON OF JOASH KING OF JUDAH, OVER JUDAH, AND OF JEROBOAM, SON OF JOASH KING OF ISRAEL, OVER ISRAEL. 2 KINGS 14:1 THE REIGN OF AMAZIAH OVER JUDAH. This chapter takes up the history of the kingdom of Judah from the each of...

FOR THE LORD SAW THE AFFLICTION OF ISRAEL, THAT IT WAS VERY BITTER,.... Being sorely oppressed by their enemies, especially the Syrians; and he was moved to have compassion upon them, and show mercy to them: for, there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel: they were in the most forlorn and helpless condition; Deuteronomy 32:36....

6. KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Amaziah's reign over Judah (2 Kings 14:1; 2 Chronicles 25)_ 2. The conflict between Israel and Judah (2 Kings 14:8; 2 Chronicles 25:17) 3. Judah's defeat and Jerusalem taken (2 Kings 14:12) 4. Jehoash and his successor (2 Kings 14:15) 5. Death of Amaziah (2 Kings 14

REIGN OF JEROBOAM II. The Deuterono-mistin a short section gives the dry details of Jeroboam's reign, the most famous of Israel's kings. During his forty-one years he completely freed Israel from the Syrians, and extended his territory from the entering in of Hamath to the Dead Sea. Israel's flourishing condition during his reign is depicted by Amos, who saw the hollowness underlying the apparent prosperity of his age. Hamath (Isaiah 10:9 *) lies far N. of the Holy Land, on the Orontes in Syria. It was the limit of the kingdom of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:9; 1 Kings 8:65). The words _which had belonged_ to Judah (2 Kings 14:28) are v

NOT ANY SHUT UP, NOR ANY LEFT. not any [place] strengthened or fortified. See note on Exodus 23:5.Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Kings 14:10....

_the affliction of Israel_ Occasioned by the inroads of the Syrians, who had not only conquered the lands on the east side, but also at one time some considerable portions on the west of the Jordan. (Cf. above 2Ki 13:3; 2 Kings 13:7.) _for there was not any shut up, nor any left_[R.V. adds AT LARGE] _NOR_ [R.V. NEITHER WAS THERE] _any helper_ For the change cf. 1 Kings 14:10 _note_. The expression means that there was no one, great or small, young or old, to whom they could look for aid....