Because of some key conquests and restoration of former territory and the tribute likely collected as a result, Jeroboam II evidently did much to increase the wealth of the northern kingdom. ​ — 2 Samuel 8: 6; 2 Kings 14: 23 - 28; 2 Chronicles 8: 3, 4; Amos 6: 2.
ח ’: 6 ;‏ מלכים ב ’. י ” ד: ​ 23 – 28 ;‏ דברי הימים ב ’. ח ’: ​ 3, 4 ;‏ עמוס ו ’: 2‏) .‏