2 Kings 14:28

“Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, etc.] His valiant acts and warlike exploits: and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel; which cities, in the times of David and Solomon, were tributary to Judah, but afterwards fell into the hands of the Syrians, from whom Jeroboam recovered them, and annexed them to the kingdom of Israel; or, as Kimchi, though Jeroboam was king of Israel, yet, having taken them, he restored them to the king of Judah, to whom they belonged: are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? where all events of any moment were registered.”

“He recovered Damascus - Jeroboam probably gained certain advantages over Benhadad, which induced the latter to make his submission and consent to such terms as those extorted by Ahab 1 Kings 20:34. Hamath was probably among the actual conquests of Jeroboam. It was brought so low in his reign, as to have become almost a by-word for calamity (compare Amos 6:2). Which belonged to Judah, for Israel - i. e. these cities were recovered to Judah, i. e. to the people of God generally, through or by means of being added to Israel, i. e. to the northern kingdom. A few further facts in the history of Jeroboam II are recorded by the prophet Amos (compare Amos 7:10, etc.). return to 'Top of Page'…”

“the rest: Kg2 14:15 Damascus: Sa2 8:6; Kg1 11:24; Ch1 18:5, Ch1 18:6; Ch2 8:3, Ch2 8:4 which belonged to Judah: These places belonged to Judah by David's conquest ( Sa2 3:11), but had been repossessed by the Syrians. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 14:29”

“Of the rest of the history of Jeroboam we have nothing more than an intimation that he brought back Damascus and Hamath of Judah to Israel, i.e., subjugated it again to the kingdom of Israel. ליהוּדה is a periphrastic form for the genitive, as proper names do not admit of any form of the construct state, and in this case the simple genitive would not have answered so well to the fact. For the meaning is: "whatever in the two kingdoms of Damascus and Hamath had formerly belonged to Judah in the times of David and Solomon." By Damascus and Hamath we are not to understand the cities, but the kingdoms; for not only did the city of Hamath never belong to the kingdom of Israel, but it was situated…”