2 Kings 13:5
13:5 The
Lord provided a deliverer
for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power.
The Israelites once more lived in security.
2 Kings 13:23
13:23 But the
Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them.
He extended his favor to them
because of the promise he had made
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
2 Kings 14:25-27
14:25 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south,
in accordance with the word of the
Lord God of Israel announced through
his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.
14:26 The
Lord saw Israel’s intense suffering;
everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.
14:27 The
Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel’s memory
from under heaven,
so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash.
Psalms 106:43-45
106:43 Many times he delivered them,
but they had a rebellious attitude,
and degraded themselves by their sin.
106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,
when he heard their cry for help.
106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,
and relented because of his great loyal love.