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"Yârob?âm"
יָרָבעָם
Jeroboam = "the people will contend"
1) the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split at the death of Solomon and the 10 tribes split off from Judah and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon's son Rehoboam; idolatry was introduced at the beginning of his reign
2) the 8th king of the northern kingdom of Israel, son of Joash, and 4th in the dynasty of Jehu; during his reign the Syrian invaders were repelled and the kingdom restored to its former borders but the idolatry of the kingdom was maintained
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the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of
Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in
And Jeroboam said in his
And Jeroboam ordained a feast
unto Beth-el and Jeroboam stood by the
pass when king Jeroboam heard the saying
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from
the house of Jeroboam even to cut
the son of Jeroboam fell sick