Jeroboam
Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place
which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had
made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and
burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and
burned the grove....
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And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men
of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also
set the battle in array against him with eight hundred
thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour....
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Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee
prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way
of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke
me to anger with their sins;...
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Jeroboam (Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם, yarobh`am, 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"; Greek:
Ιεροβοάμ, Hieroboam in the Septuagint;[1] Lati...
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jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually
assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and
signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's
cause"): The name was borne by two kings of Israel.
(1) Jeroboam I, son of Nebat, an Ephraimite, and of Zeruah,
a widow (1 Ki 11:26-40; 12 through 14:20). He was the first
king ...
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-1. First king of Israel after the revolt
Promoted by Solomon
1Ki 11:28
Ahijah's prophecy concerning
1Ki 11:29-39; 14:5-16
Flees to Egypt to escape from Solomon
1Ki 11:26-40
Recalled from Egypt by the ten tribes on account of
disaffection toward Rehoboam, and made king
1Ki 12:1-20; 2Ch 10:12-19
Subverts the religion of Moses
1Ki 12:25-33...
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(whose people are many).
1. The first king of the divided kingdom of Israel,
B.C. 975-954, was the son of an Ephraimite of the name of
Nebat. He was raised by Solomon to the rank of
superintendent over the taxes and labors exacted from the
tribe of Ephraim. 1Ki 11:28 he made the most of his
position, and at last was perceived by Solomon to be...
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increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings
11:26-39), "an Ephrathite," the first king of the
ten tribes,
over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-
945). 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., of
the bands of forced labourers. In...
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