Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah — the summary formula emphasizes Jeroboam's military achievements: the recovery of Damascus (דַּמָּשֶׂק, *Dammeseq*) and Hamath (חֲמָת, *Chamat*) from Aramean control. These cities, listed as formerly belonging to Judah, mark the height of Jeroboam's power and the restoration of Solomonic-era territorial scope. Yet these achievements, catalogued in the summary formula, will be rendered obsolete within decades by Assyrian conquest.

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