26. The Lord saw how brutally Israel suffered, whether slave or free, with no one to help Israel.
27. But the Lord hadn’t said he would erase Israel’s name from under heaven, so he saved them through Jeroboam, Joash’s son.
28. The rest of Jeroboam’s deeds, all that he accomplished, and his powerful acts—how he fought and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel—aren’t they written in the official records of Israel’s kings?
29. Jeroboam lay down with his ancestors the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king.