welfare of God’s people

Inhale11.24.14

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welfare of God’s people

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2 Kings 14:26-29

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The reason for this

Word of the LORD

delivered through Jonah

was for

the welfare of God’s people …

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For the LORD saw

that the affliction of Israel

was very bitter;

and whether bond or free,

there was no

helper for Israel.

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And the LORD did not say

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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Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam,

and all that he did—

his might,

how he made war,

and how he recaptured for Israel,

from Damascus and Hamath,

what had belonged to Judah—

are they not written in the book

of the chronicles

of the kings of Israel?

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So Jeroboam rested with his fathers,

the kings of Israel.

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Then Zechariah his son reigned

in his place.

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affliction `oniy affliction, poverty, misery

very m@`od exceedingly, much

bitter marah contentious, rebellious against

was no ‘ephec ceasing, end, finality

helper `azar to help, support

blot out machah to wipe, wipe out. exterminate

saved yasha` to save, be saved, be delivered

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The compassion of God

is shown here,

even when his people

were so against Him.

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This word bitter

is the only time of it’s 44 usages

to mean bitter …

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Usually it means rebellious .

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So though we were told

that this Jeroboam

was no better than

the first Jeroboam,

yet God still used him

to benefit Israel.

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So this Jeroboam of Israel.

takes back from Syria,

what Syria had taken from Judah …

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… It doesn’t say

he gave it back to Judah.

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Jeroboam ruled Israel 41 years,

…. longer than any other king

in Israel.

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Love in Christ,

Pastor Tom

Waters Edge