יָֽרָבְעָם

ya.rov.amJeroboam
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man104 occurrences6 books95 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Jeroboam: First king of the northern kingdom of Israel
  • Jeroboam: King of Israel, son of Jehoash

Definition

from H7378 and H5971; (the) people will contend; Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
Traditional renderings: Jeroboam.

Glossary entries

Jeroboam

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

104 total
  1. 1 Kings 11:26וְיָרָבְעָם֩ · Now Jeroboam
    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
  2. 1 Kings 11:28יָרָבְעָ֖ם · Now Jeroboam [was]
    Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
  3. 1 Kings 11:29וְיָֽרָבְעָ֖ם · as [he]
    During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
  4. 1 Kings 11:31לְיָֽרָבְעָ֔ם · to Jeroboam
    …and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
  5. 1 Kings 11:40 (2×)יָרָבְעָ֑ם · Jeroboam; יָרָבְעָ֗ם · But Jeroboam
    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
  6. 1 Kings 12:2 (2×)יָרָבְעָ֣ם · When Jeroboam; יָרָבְעָ֖ם · and had been
    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
  7. 1 Kings 12:3יָרָבְעָ֖ם · and [he]
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
  8. 1 Kings 12:12יָרָבְעָ֧ם · Jeroboam
    After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
  9. 1 Kings 12:15יָרָבְעָ֖ם · Jeroboam
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
  10. 1 Kings 12:20יָרָבְעָ֔ם · Jeroboam
    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
  11. 1 Kings 12:25יָרָבְעָ֧ם · Then Jeroboam
    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
  12. 1 Kings 12:26יָרָבְעָ֖ם · Jeroboam
    Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
  13. 1 Kings 12:32יָרָבְעָ֣ם׀ · And Jeroboam
    And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
  14. 1 Kings 13:1וְיָרָבְעָ֛ם · as Jeroboam
    Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
  15. 1 Kings 13:4יָרָבְעָ֧ם · Jeroboam
    Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
  16. 1 Kings 13:33יָרָבְעָ֖ם · Jeroboam
    Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
  17. 1 Kings 13:34יָרָבְעָ֑ם · of Jeroboam
    And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.
  18. 1 Kings 14:1יָרָבְעָֽם׃ · of Jeroboam
    At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
  19. 1 Kings 14:2 (2×)יָרָבְעָ֜ם · and Jeroboam; יָרָבְעָ֑ם
    …and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
  20. 1 Kings 14:4יָרָבְעָ֔ם · Jeroboam’s
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  21. 1 Kings 14:5יָרָבְעָ֡ם · of Jeroboam
    But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
  22. 1 Kings 14:6יָרָבְעָ֑ם · of Jeroboam
    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
  23. 1 Kings 14:7לְיָרָבְעָ֗ם · Jeroboam
    Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
  24. 1 Kings 14:10 (3×)יָרָבְעָ֔ם · of Jeroboam; לְיָֽרָבְעָם֙ · from Jeroboam; יָרָבְעָ֔ם · of Jeroboam
    Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
  25. 1 Kings 14:11לְיָֽרָבְעָ֤ם · Anyone belonging to Jeroboam
    Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken.
  26. 1 Kings 14:13 (2×)לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם · belonging to Jeroboam; יָרָבְעָֽם׃ · of Jeroboam
    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  27. 1 Kings 14:14יָרָבְעָ֖ם · of Jeroboam
    Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
  28. 1 Kings 14:16יָֽרָבְעָם֙ · Jeroboam
    So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
  29. 1 Kings 14:17יָרָבְעָ֔ם · Then Jeroboam’s
    Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
  30. 1 Kings 14:19יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם · of Jeroboam
    As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  31. 1 Kings 14:20יָרָבְעָ֔ם · of Jeroboam’s
    And the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
  32. 1 Kings 14:30יָרָבְעָ֖ם · and Jeroboam
    There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
  33. 1 Kings 15:1יָרָבְעָ֣ם · of Jeroboam
    In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
  34. 1 Kings 15:6יָרָבְעָ֖ם · and Jeroboam
    And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
  35. 1 Kings 15:7יָרָבְעָֽם׃ · and Jeroboam
    As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  36. 1 Kings 15:9לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם · of Jeroboam’s
    In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
  37. 1 Kings 15:25יָרָבְעָ֗ם · of Jeroboam
    In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two years.
  38. 1 Kings 15:29 (2×)יָרָבְעָ֔ם · of Jeroboam; לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם · to Jeroboam
    As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
  39. 1 Kings 15:30יָרָבְעָם֙ · Jeroboam
    …because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
  40. 1 Kings 15:34יָרָבְעָ֔ם · of Jeroboam
    And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
  41. 1 Kings 16:2יָרָבְעָ֗ם · of Jeroboam
    “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
  42. 1 Kings 16:3יָרָבְעָ֥ם · of Jeroboam
    So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
  43. 1 Kings 16:7יָרָבְעָ֑ם · of Jeroboam
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.