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  Love The Lord 2nd Kings Lesson 15
II Kings 15:11 "And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel." II Kings 15:12 "This [was] the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth [generation].
II Kings 15:18 "And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin." Over and over, we see the mention of the terrible sin of worshipping the golden calf.
II Kings 15:32 "In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign." For part of their reign, Jotham of Judah and Pekah of Israel are contemporaries.
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 Love The Lord 2nd Chronicles Lesson 13
II Chronicles 13:10 "But as for us, the LORD [is] our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, [are] the sons of Aaron, and the Levites [wait] upon [their] business:" These priests of Levi, who were descended from Aaron, were the chosen of God for this purpose.
II Chronicles 13:15 "Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah." This was a shout of triumph.
II Chronicles 13:19 "And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof." These are cities that had belonged to Judah, which had been taken in the time of Rehoboam.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jeroboam
II was the twelfth successor of the preceeding and the fourth king of the dynasty of Jehu.
Jeroboam, however, taking advantage of the weakened condition of Syria, re­established toward the north and in other directions the ancient boundaries of Israel (2 Kings 14:25).
The military and patriotic successes of Jeroboam had been foretold by Jonas, son of Amathi (ibid.), and the Sacred Writer adds that the Lord saved the Israelites by the hand of Jeroboam, son of Joas.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08340a.htm   (595 words)

  
 Jeroboam II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeroboam II (ירבעם השני) was the son and successor of Jehoash, and the fourteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years (2 Kings 14:23).
In all other passages it is Jeroboam I, the son of Nebat that is meant.
Reisner found sixty-three inscribed potsherds while excavating the royal palace at Samaria, which were later dated to the reign of Jeroboam II and mention regnal years extending from the ninth to the 17th of his reign.
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 Jeroboam
Before the end of the latter's reign, Jeroboam received from the Prophet Abias an intimation that he was destined to be king over ten of the tribes which in punishment of the idolatry of Solomon were about to sever their allegiance to him and his house.
Jeroboam, however, taking advantage of the weakened condition of Syria, re­established toward the north and in other directions the ancient boundaries of Israel (IV Kings, xiv, 25).
From the political standpoint, Jeroboam was an intelligent and energetic ruler, but with regard to his religious activities, his reign is resumed in these words: "He did that which was evil before the Lord.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/j/jeroboam.html   (583 words)

  
 Jeroboam II and Osorkon II
Jeroboam II and Osorkon II Jeroboam II and Osorkon II The conventional timetable has Ahab, the king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, as a contemporary of one of the kings of the Libyan Dynasty, usually Osorkon II.
A jar with the cartouches of Osorkon II was found near the palace of Samaria and it was brought forth as an evidence for the contemporaneity of Osorkon II and Ahab.
The house that sheltered the jar of Osorkon II in Samaria was built on the ruins of the house that sheltered the inscribed potsherds.
www.varchive.org /tac/jeroboam.htm   (1243 words)

  
 Jeroboam (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
Jeroboam, the son of a widow, would be the first to feel the gall of oppression and to give voice to the suffering of the people.
Jeroboam's policy might have been considered as a clever political move, had it not contained the dangerous ppeal to the lower instincts of the masses, that led them into the immoralities of heathenism and hastened the destruction of the nation.
The prophet bade her to announce to Jeroboam that the house of Jeroboam should be extirpated root and branch; that the people whom he had seduced to idolatry should be uprooted from the land and transported beyond the river; and, severest of all, that her son should die.
bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/4982   (2727 words)

  
 Jeroboam Summary
When it failed, Jeroboam fled to Egypt, where he was given asylum by Shishak, the reigning pharaoh, who saw in the revolt an opportunity to weaken a strong neighbor.
On the death of Solomon and the accession of his son Rehoboam, Jeroboam returned from exile and headed a delegation of the northern tribes that petitioned the new king to redress their grievances.
Jeroboam ("increase of the people"), the son of Nebat, "an Ephrathite" (1 Kings 11:26-39), was the first king of the break-away ten tribes or Kingdom of Israel, over whom he reigned twenty-two years.
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 Holy Spirit Interactive: Bible Discovery - Jeroboam II
Holy Spirit Interactive: Daily Bible Discovery: Jeroboam II Jeroboam II Jeroboam II was the son and successor of Jehoash, and the fourteenth king of Israel.
Jeroboam II was succeeded by his son Zechariah.
Jeroboam II: (means "he that opposes the people") The fourteenth king of Israel.
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 Glossary
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat and Zeruah, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah who began his rise to power when Solomon appointed him to oversee the forced labor in Ephraim and Manasseh (1 Kings 11:26-28).
Jeroboam was promised kingship over the northern tribes by the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh, who interpreted the later revolt of the north as a judgment on the house of David because of the sins of Solomon (1 Kings 11:29-39).
Jeroboam’s expansionist activities, which were supported by the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai (2 Kings 14:25), brought prosperity to Israel, particularly in the larger cities.
www.bibletexts.com /glossary/jeroboam.htm   (1040 words)

  
 ANE History: Israel and the Assyrias
Jeroboam II refortified the city with a double wall, reaching to as much as thirty-three feet in width in exposed sections, comprising fortifications so substantial that the Assyrian army took three years to capture the city (2 Kings 17:5).
The house of Jeroboam was to be visited with the sword (Amos 7:9) and the people were to be carried into captivity (Amos 5:27), predictions which the next quarter of a century was to justify fully.
Mention of Sargon II in Isaiah 20:1 in connection with his capture of Ashdod, an event recorded in his annals, was, until the advent of modern archeology, the only place in extant literature where hisname was known.
www.theology.edu /lec20.htm   (3490 words)

  
 Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Jeroboam sent not to him for advice about the setting up of his calves, or the consecrating of his priests, but had recourse to him in his distress, when the gods he served could give him no relief.
Jeroboam's wife has nothing to say against the word of the Lord, but she goes home with a heavy heart to their house in Tirzah, a sweet delightful place, so the name signifies, famed for its beauty, Cant.
Jeroboam out-lived Rehoboam, four or five years, yet his history is despatched first, that the account of Rehoboam's reign may be laid together; and a sad account it is.
www.ccel.org /ccel/henry/mhc2.xi.xv.html   (4106 words)

  
 Leithart.com | Chronology in 2 Kings 15
Jeroboam II became king in the 15th year of Amaziah (14:23).
Jeroboam II restored the border of Israel as far as the "Sea of the Arabah" (14:25), the Dead Sea, which is not in the territory of the Northern kingdom.
Jeroboam II was the regent for Azariah in his minority.
www.leithart.com /archives/001698.php   (609 words)

  
 A. S. Johnson's Kingdom of Israel
Jeroboam established himself at Shechem in Mt. Ephraim, and in order to prevent the people from going to Jerusalem to worship, set up two golden calves, one at Bethel and the other at Dan, assuring the people that these were the gods that had brought them out of the land of Egypt (I.
Jeroboam was greatly angered and attempted to arrest the man of God with disastrous results, but through the intercession of the prophet he was restored (I.
Jeroboam II., was succeeded by his son Zachariah in whom was fulfilled the promise of the Lord to Jehu (II.
www.mun.ca /rels/restmov/texts/asjohnson/cbc/CBC49.HTM   (1768 words)

  
 Nabataea: Bible Chronologies Solomon to Hezekiah Part I
II Chronicles 21:4 tells us Jehoram "slew all his brethren" when he became king, but that the word "all" may have exceptions in such cases is shown by similar statements in II Chronicles 22:10-11 and Judges 8:30-31, 9:5,18,24, where in both instances, one escaped.
Jeroboam's death was fifteen years before Uzziah's: the co-regency may therefore have covered more than these fifteen years, so in Table I Jotham's co-regency is dated as beginning in 764 BC., sixteen years before Uzziah died in 748 BC., and one year before Jeroboam II died.
Jeroboam's reign is stated to have lasted twenty-two years (I Kings 14:20) but evidently was little more than half a year over twenty-one, for it began the same year as Pehobam's 957 BC and ended in the second year of Asa's co-regency, early in 936 BC (I Kings 12:1-20; 15:25).
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 Jeroboam 4
Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, began to rule over Israel in the fifteenth year of King Amaziah's reign in Judah.
II and all his deeds, including the extent of his power, his wars, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah,* are recorded in [The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.]1 - 2 Kings 14:28
II died, he was buried with his ancestors, the kings of Israel.
www.allaboutgod.com /truth-topics/jeroboam-4.htm   (437 words)

  
 Seal of Shema, Servant of Jeroboam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The seal belonged to a servant of one of the early kings of Israel, either Jeroboam I, who ruled shortly after the reign of king Solomon from 931-909 B.C., or Jeroboam II, who ruled from 782-745 B.C. at the time of Jonah the prophet.
The reason for God's great anger against Jeroboam is found in 2 Kings 10:29 which states that he built golden calves in the cities of Bethel and Dan and caused the children of Israel to worship idols instead of the one true God.
In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.
www.biblehistory.net /volume2/Jeroboam.htm   (634 words)

  
 Jeroboam (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
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).
Jeroboam II., the son and successor of Jehoash, and the fourteenth king of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years, B.C. 2 Kings 14:23).
www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/jeroboam.html   (463 words)

  
 1 Kings 12 - Rehoboam and Jeroboam
This King Jeroboam is sometimes called Jeroboam I to distinguish him from a later king of Israel also named Jeroboam, usually known as Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Spiritually speaking, Israel was struck twice - by the ungodly religion of Jeroboam and by the departure of the godly and faithful.
Jeroboam is an example of those who create their own religion according to their own taste.
www.enduringword.com /commentaries/1112.htm   (2822 words)

  
 Rehoboam
Jeroboam had 300 horse-drawn chariots (private militia) and he built the Millo with the levies of Ephraim.
Jeroboam left Egypt and went to the land of Zererah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim (cf.
Jeroboam built a fortification there = mutiny since this was not a building ordered by the king in Jerusalem as in 24 b.
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 Jeroboam II - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jeroboam II, King of Israel (reigned 786-746 bc), son of King Joash of Israel.
During his reign, Jeroboam recovered the lost provinces of Ammon and...
Jeroboam I, according to the Old Testament (see 1, 2 Kings; 2 Chronicles), the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel (reigned 922-901 bc), a...
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 Bible History, Old Testament: Vol VII - Chapter 5
Accession of Azariah or Uzziah - Reign of Jeroboam II.
If the victories of Jeroboam had, as on grounds of contemporary history seems likely, been gained in the early part of his reign, the rest of that long period was one of almost unprecedented wealth and prosperity, but also of deepest moral corruption.
His ministry was probably towards the end of the reign of Jeroboam, and extended to the rising of Shallum and of Menahem (comp.
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 Bible Summary - HOSEA
Hosea's ministry spans the closing decades of the history of the northern kingdom, and his message constituted God's final appeal to the 10 tribes prior to the disintegration of the kingdom and the permanent captivity of a majority of its people at the hands of the Assyrians.
Hosea began his ministry sometime during Jeroboam II's long and successful reign, at a time when the nation was basking in the temporary light of an imposing but deceptive political and material prosperity.
Jeroboam's success at pushing back the northern borders of the country practically to the limits attained in the days of David and Solomon had introduced an era of unprecedented luxury, but this served only to hasten the moral and spiritual decline that began nearly 2 cent.
www.nisbett.com /summary/sum-o-25.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Biblical Archaeology regarding the Divided Kingdom of Israel
Jeroboam was not able to maintain all of the land that he had received when he became king.
Jeroboam II became coregent when Jehoash had ruled only five of his 16 years.
Jeroboam II was the third successive descendant of Jehu to occupy the throne, and he proved to be one of Israel’s most capable rulers.
www.truthnet.org /Biblicalarcheology/10/Dividedkingdom.htm   (7932 words)

  
 The Divided Kingdom and Pharaoh Amenhotep II
Conversly on the other side of the fence in Israel, one of the first actions during Jeroboam's 22 year reign was to fortify his land and built places of worship for his people without which he knew, he could not pacify their deep yearning for a spiritual life, 1.Kings 12:26-33.
Meanwhile, Jeroboam had seen the temples and palaces of Egypt, and his ambition was, of course, to imitate all the splendor he had seen in Jerusalem, in Karnak, and in Deir el-Bahari.
On the walls of a Theban tomb of the time of Thutmose III (that of Menkheperre-Seneb), among paintings of foreigners of various nations, there is one of a personage from Tunip, carrying a child in his arms.
www.specialtyinterests.net /jeroboam.html   (8496 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chronology of the Kings
Salmanasar II, in the summer of his sixth year, vanquishes Benadad of Syria (1 Kings 20:1), the predecessor of Hazael, with other kings, among them Achab of Israel, in the battle of Karkar.
(3) Benadad II (1 Kings 20:1), the contemporary of Salmanasar II, was contemporary with Achab and Joram of Israel.
Nechao (Necho II) ascended the throne in 610.
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 King Jeroboam II - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
God's Judgment Regarding King Jeroboam II Jeroboam II, son and successor of King Joash of Israel, reigned 41 years, and continued the evil legacy of his namesake, the first King Jeroboam.
This was fulfilled when, just after Jeroboam's death, his son King Zachariah was murdered and his throne usurped.
During Jeroboam's time encroachments suffered in recent decades became so severe that Israel's continued existence was in doubt.
www.geocities.com /thekingsofisrael/biography_JeroboamII.html   (126 words)

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