King Jeroboam
King Jeroboam sets up images of golden calves
Born	United Kingdom of Israel
Died	Tirzah , Northern Kingdom of Israel
Occupation	King
Spouse	Egyptian princess Ano (as per the Septuagint)

The United Kingdom of Solomon breaks up, with Jeroboam ruling over the Northern Kingdom of Israel (in green on the map).

Jeroboam (yarobh`am; Hieroboam in the Septuagint; commonly held to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause" - alternatively translated to mean "his people are many" or "he increases the people"; or even "he that opposes the people")^[1] He was the first king of the break-away ten tribes or Northern Kingdom of Israel, over whom he reigned twenty-two years. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 922 BCE-901 BCE, while Edwin R. Thiele offers the dates 931 BCE-910 BCE. He was the son of a widow of Zereda, and while still young was promoted by Solomon to be chief superintendent of the "burnden", i.e. the bands of forced laborers. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... United Monarchy - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Tirzah (Arabic and Hebrew origin) was a town in the Samarian highlands northeast of Shechem; it has been identified with Tell el-Farah (North). ... 10th century BCE: The Land of Israel, including the United Kingdom of Israel Commonwealth of Israel redirects here. ... The Septuagint: A column of uncial text from 1 Esdras in the Codex Vaticanus, the basis of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brentons Greek edition and English translation. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 369 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (1095 × 1776 pixel, file size: 162 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image in the public domain taken from 1888 American Bible Society publication, available freely at: http://www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 369 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (1095 × 1776 pixel, file size: 162 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image in the public domain taken from 1888 American Bible Society publication, available freely at: http://www. ... The Septuagint: A column of uncial text from 1 Esdras in the Codex Vaticanus, the basis of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brentons Greek edition and English translation. ... 10th century BCE: The Land of Israel, including the United Kingdom of Israel Commonwealth of Israel redirects here. ... William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891 - September 19/20, 1971) was an evangelical Methodist archaelogist, biblical authority, linguist and expert on ceramics. ... 928 BC — On the death of king Solomon, his son Rehoboam is unable to hold the tribes of Israel together, and the northern part secedes to become the kingdom of Israel, making Jeroboam its king. ... Edwin R. Thiele (1895-1986) was a missionary, writer, archaeologist, and professor of the Old Testament. ... Artists depiction of Solomos court (Ingobertus, c. ...

Background

According to 1 Kings 11:26-39, Jeroboam was born the son of Nebat an Ephrathite of Zereda whose mother's name was Zeruah (who later became a widow, and could have been leperous as her name translates). The Books of Kings (Hebrew: Sefer Melachim ספר מלכים) is a part of Judaisms Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. ...

Influenced by the words of the prophet Ahijah, he began to form conspiracies with the view of becoming king of the ten tribes; but these having been discovered, he fled to Egypt (1 Kings 11:29-40), where he remained for a length of time under the protection of Shoshenq I. On the death of Solomon, the ten tribes, having revolted, sent to invite him to become their king. The conduct of Rehoboam favored the designs of Jeroboam, and he was accordingly proclaimed "king of Israel" (1 Kings 12:1-20). He rebuilt and fortified Shechem as the capital of his kingdom. He at once adopted means to perpetuate the division thus made between the two parts of the kingdom, and erected at Dan and Bethel, the two extremities of his kingdom, "golden calves," which he set up as symbols of God, enjoining the people not any more to go up to worship at Jerusalem, but to bring their offerings to the shrines he had erected. Thus he became distinguished as the man "who made Israel to sin." This policy was followed by all the succeeding kings of Israel. This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... nomen or birth name Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ššnq), also known as Sheshonk or Sheshonq I (for discussion of the spelling, see Shoshenq), was a Meshwesh Libyan king of Egypt and founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty. ... Rehoboam was king of Judah, succeeding his father Solomon. ... Shechem is a name of geographical places. ... Bethel (בית אל), also written as Beth El or Beth-El, is a Semitic word that has acquired various meanings. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...

While he was engaged in offering incense at Bethel, a prophet from Judah appeared before him with a warning message from the Lord. Attempting to arrest the prophet for his bold words of defiance, his hand was "dried up," and the altar before which he stood was rent asunder. At his urgent entreaty his "hand was restored him again" (1 Kings 13:1-6, 9; compare 2 Kings 23:15); but the miracle made no abiding impression on him. This can be also interpreted he had contracted paralytic polio. His reign was one of constant war with the house of Judah. He died soon after his son Abijah (1 Kings 14:1-18). Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Abijah means father (i. ...

See also Jeroboam II Jeroboam II was the son and successor of Jehoash, and the fourteenth king of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years (2 Kings 14:23). ...

Sources

1. ^ Study dictionary: Jeroboam. NeXtBible Learning Environment.