Amo 6:14 | TNotes | STEP | 6:14 Lebo-hamath marked the northern border of Solomon’s influence (1 Kgs 8:65 ) and of the land recovered by Jeroboam II. The Dead Sea (called the sea of the Arabah ; see footnote on 2 Kgs 14:25 ) marked the southern border of Jeroboam’s recovered territory. The irony was clear: All of this recovered land would be oppressed by the enemy nation (Assyria).

b1 Kgs 8:65►

c2 Kgs 14:25►

‏ Amos 6:14

6:14 ^a Lebo-hamath marked the northern border of Solomon’s influence (1 Kgs 8:65 ^b) and of the land recovered by Jeroboam II. The Dead Sea (called the sea of the Arabah; see footnote on 2 Kgs 14:25 ^c) marked the southern border of Jeroboam’s recovered territory. The irony was clear: All of this recovered land would be oppressed by the enemy nation (Assyria).