See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)  , the name of two See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . I . The first See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of (See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north) See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel after the disruption (see SotomoN) . According to the traditions of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life (1 Kings xi . 26 sqq. and LXX.), he was an Ephraimite who for his ability was placed over the forced See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim and See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

Manasseh . Having subsequently incurred See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon's suspicions he fled to Shishak, king of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, and remained with him until See also:

• REHOBOAM (Heb. re)zab`am, probably " the clan is en-'arged," see Ecclus. xlvii. 23, although on the analogy of Rehabiah and Bab. ra'bi-ilu, `Am may represent some god; Septuagint reads po(3oa,u)

Rehoboam's See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession . When the latter came to be made king at See also:

• SHECHEM (mod. Nablus)

Shechem, the old religious centre (see See also:

• ABIMELECH (Hebrew for "father of [or is] the king ")

ABIMELECH), hopes were entertained that a more lenient policy would be introduced . But Rehoboam refused to depart from Solomon's despotic See also:

• RULE

rule, and was tactless enough to send Adoniram, the overseer of the corvee . He was stoned to See also:

• DEATH

death, and Rehoboam realizing the See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people fled. to See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem and prepared for See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

Jeroboam became the recognized See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern tribes.' Conflicts occurred (1 Kings xiv . 3o), but no details are preserved except the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Rehoboam's son See also:

• ABIJAH (Heb. Abiyyah and Abiyyahu, "Yah is. father")

Abijah in 2 Chron. xiii . Jeroboam's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief achievement was the fortification of Shechem (his new See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital) and of Penuel in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan .

To counteract the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Jerusalem he established See also:

• GOLDEN

golden calves at See also:

• DAN

Dan and See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel, an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act which to later ages was as See also:

• GROSS

gross a piece of wickedness as his See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion against the legitimate See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah . No See also:

• NOTICE

notice has survived of Shishak's invasion of Israel (see REHOBOAM), and after a reign of twenty-two years Jeroboam was succeeded by Nadab, whose violent death two years later brought the whole See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Jeroboam to an end . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the separation of Judah and Israel in the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.c.was written from a strong religious standpoint at a date considerably later than the event itself . The visit of Ahijah to See also:

• SHILOH
• SHILOH, BATTLE OF

Shiloh (xi . 29–39), to announce symbolically the rending of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, replaces some See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of a rebellion in which Jeroboam " lifted up his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand " (v . 27) against Solomon . To such an account, not to the incident of Ahijah and the cloak, his See also:

• FLIGHT

flight (v . }o) is the natural sequel . The story of Ahijah's prophecy against Jeroboam (ch. xiv.) is not in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original LXX., but another version of the same narrative appears at xii . 24 (LXX.), in which there is no reference to a previous promise to Jeroboam through Ahijah, but the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet is introduced as a new See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . Further, in this version (xii . 24) the incident of the tearing of the cloak is related of Shemaiah and placed at the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of Shechem .

Shemaiah is the prophet who counselled Rehoboam to refrain from war (xii . 21–24); the in-junction is opposed to xiv . 3o, but appears to be intended to explain Rehoboam's failure to overcome north Israel . (See W . R . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, Old Test. in Jewish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church (2nd ed.), 117 sqq.; Winckler, Alte Test . Untersuch . 12 sqq., and J . See also:

• SKINNER, JAMES (1778-1841)
• SKINNER, JOHN (1721-1807)

Skinner, Century Bible: Kings, pp . 443 sqq.) 2 . JEROBOAM, son of See also:

• JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or bath given ")

Joash (2) a contemporary of See also:

• AZARIAH

Azariah king of Judah . He was one of the greatest of the kings of Israel .

He succeeded in breaking the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus, which had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been devastating his See also:

• LAND

land, and extended his kingdom from Hamath on the See also:

• ORONTES

Orontes to the Dead See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . The brief See also:

• SUMMARY

summary of his achievements preserved in 2 Kings xiv . 23 sqq. may be supplemented by the original writings of See also:

• AMOS
• AMOS, SHELDON (1835–1886)

Amos and See also:

• HOSEA

Hosea.' There appears to be an allusion in Amos vi . 13 to the recovery of Ashteroth-Karnaim and Lodebar in E . Jordan, and the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• MOAB

Moab (Isa. xv. seq.) is often ascribed to this reign . After a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of prosperity, See also:

• INTERNAL

internal disturbances See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out and the northern kingdom hastened to its fall . Jeroboam was succeeded by his son See also:

• ZECHARIAH

Zechariah, who after six months was killed at Ibleam (so read in 2 Kings xv. io; cp. ix . 27, See also:

• MURDER

murder of See also:

• AHAZIAH (" he whom Yahweh sustains ")

Ahaziah) by Shallum the son of Jabesh—i.e. possibly of Jabesh-See also:

• GILEAD (i.e. " hard " or " rugged," a name sometimes used, both in earlier and in later writers, to denote the whole of the territory occupied by the Israelites eastward of Jordan, extending from the Arnon to the southern base of Hermon (Dent. xxxiv. 1; J

Gilead—who a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month later See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to See also:

• MENAHEM (Hebrew for " consoler ")

Menahem (q.v.) . (S . A . C.) See, further, See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEws §§ 7, 9 and §§ 12, 13 .