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Barnes' Notes on 2 Kings 14:23

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Jeroboam - This is the only instance, in the history of either kingdom, of a recurrent royal appellation. We can scarcely doubt that Jeroboam II was named after the great founder of the Israelite kingdom by a father who trusted that he might prove a sort of second founder. Perhaps the prophecy of Jonah (see 2 Kings 14:25) had been already given, and it was known that a great deliverance was approaching. return to 'Top of Page'
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