2 Kings 14:25He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
The setting
Northern Israel, ~750 BC. King Jeroboam II's military campaigns restore Israel's ancient borders from Lebanon to the Dead Sea, fulfilling a prophecy given by Jonah before his famous whale encounter...
The emotion here: amazed at God's faithfulness through prophetic fulfillment
The original word
gābûl (גְּבוּל) — boundary marker, territorial limit set by divine decree
Why it matters
This is the same Jonah who was swallowed by the whale, but that happened later
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Kings 14:25
Jonah prophesied Israel's expansion before his famous Nineveh mission
Common misconceptionPeople assume this was military genius, but it explicitly says this happened 'according to the word of Yahweh' — it was divine restoration, not human strategy.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Kings 14:25 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Kings 14:25 comes from the book of 2 Kings, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 50% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine faithfulness, territorial restoration. Notable phrases: according to the word of Yahweh; God of Israel.
Emotionally similar
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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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