יָרָבְעָם

A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.13.13;

son of: Joash (H3101J);

father of: Zechariah (H2148P)

§ 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…