26. The Lord helped Jeroboam do this because he had seen how terribly the Israelites were suffering, whether slave or free, and no one was left to help them.
27. And since the Lord had promised that he would not let Israel be completely destroyed, he helped Jeroboam rescue them.
28. Everything else Jeroboam did while he was king, including his brave deeds and how he recaptured the towns of Damascus and Hamath, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
29. Jeroboam died and was buried, and his son Zechariah became king.