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Jeroboam II (Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם, Yāroḇʿām; Greek: Ἱεροβοάμ; Latin: Hieroboam/Jeroboam) was the son and successor of Jehoash (alternatively spelled Joash) and the thirteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years in the eighth century BC.
Jul 14, 2023 · Joel Ryan. Contributing Writer. Updated Jul 14, 2023. Jeroboam II served as the fourteenth king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel from 793-753 BC. On the surface, his 40-year reign was marked by prosperity and national security.
JEROBOAM II, son of *Joash, king of Israel (789–748 B.C.E.; see *Chronology). He was the greatest ruler of the dynasty of Jehu. It seems that his father associated him in the kingship in the last two years of his reign and that these years are included in the 41 regnal years ascribed to Jeroboam.
Mar 4, 2021 · March 4, 2021 Bryan Windle. King Jeroboam II: An Archaeological Biography. Almost 150 years after Jeroboam, son of Nebat, broke away from Judah and was crowned king of the northern tribes of Israel, Jeroboam II took the throne.
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In Jeroboam: Jeroboam II (8th century bce ), son of Joash, was the last of the great kings of Israel, after whose death the country fell into confusion and ultimate servitude. Aided, perhaps, by Assyrian pressure from the east, he brought to an end the long struggle between…
Jeroboam II King of Israel. 23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. 25 He was the ...
Indeed, Jeroboam II was a most able ruler. During his forty years as king over Israel he recovered every piece of land that had ever been lost by his predecessors. He subdued the king of Moab and captured parts of Syria proper, including Damascus, the capital.
