Jeroboam
Jeroboam II was a king of Israel who reigned for 41 years, restoring some of Israel's former territories.
The name Jeroboam means “he that opposes the people”
MaleKingIsraelDivided Monarchy eraOld Testament4 books16 verses
Summary
A king of Northern Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2 Kings 13:13; only referred to as Jeroboam (יָֽרָבְעָם); a son of Joash; father of Zechariah.
Events
Dates are approximate
- Reign of Jeroboam IIc. 825 BC
- Death of Jeroboam IIc. 784 BC
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Alternative names
- יָֽרָבְעָםJeroboam
Mentions
Includes 2 verses that refer to Jeroboam without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
- And Jehoash rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam reigned in his place.
- In the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah son of Joash over Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
- 2 Kings 14:24Referred to, not namedAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 14:25Referred to, not namedThis Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
- …and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
- As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
- And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
- In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king of Judah.
- In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
- All of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
- This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
- These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
- The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
- Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
- …for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”