Yârobʻâm — H3379

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings

1. Jeroboam = "the people will contend"
2. 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
3. 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

Usually translated as

Jeroboam

Origin

from H7378 and H5971; (the) people will contend

• Derived from Rîyb (H7378)
• Derived from ʻam (H5971)

Occurrences

Yârobʻâm occurs 104 times in 95 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (48), 2 Kings (23), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (18), Hosea (1), Amos (4)

• 1 Kings 11:26 — And Jeroboam (וְיָרָבְעָם֩) the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
• 1 Kings 11:28 — And the man Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
• 1 Kings 11:29 — And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam (וְיָֽרָבְעָ֖ם) went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
• 1 Kings 11:31 — And he said to Jeroboam (לְיָֽרָבְעָ֔ם), Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
• 1 Kings 11:40 — Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֑ם). And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
• 1 Kings 11:40 — Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֗ם) arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
• 1 Kings 12:2 — And it came to pass, when Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֣ם) the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
• 1 Kings 12:2 — And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) dwelt in Egypt;)
• 1 Kings 12:3 — That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
• 1 Kings 12:12 — So Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֧ם) and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
• 1 Kings 12:15 — Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 12:20 — And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֔ם) was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
• 1 Kings 12:25 — Then Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֧ם) built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
• 1 Kings 12:26 — And Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
• 1 Kings 12:32 — And Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֣ם) ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
• 1 Kings 13:1 — And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam (וְיָרָבְעָ֛ם) stood by the altar to burn incense.
• 1 Kings 13:4 — And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֧ם) heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
• 1 Kings 13:33 — After this thing Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
• 1 Kings 13:34 — And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֑ם), even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
• 1 Kings 14:1 — At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָֽם) fell sick.
• 1 Kings 14:2 — And Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֜ם) said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
• 1 Kings 14:2 — And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֑ם); and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
• 1 Kings 14:4 — And Jeroboam’s (יָרָבְעָ֔ם) wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
• 1 Kings 14:5 — And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֡ם) cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
• 1 Kings 14:6 — And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֑ם); why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
• 1 Kings 14:7 — Go, tell Jeroboam (לְיָרָבְעָ֗ם), Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
• 1 Kings 14:10 — Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֔ם), and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
• 1 Kings 14:10 — Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam (לְיָֽרָבְעָם֙) him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
• 1 Kings 14:10 — Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֔ם), as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
• 1 Kings 14:11 — Him that dieth of Jeroboam (לְיָֽרָבְעָ֤ם) in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
• 1 Kings 14:13 — And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam (לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם) shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
• 1 Kings 14:13 — And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָֽם).
• 1 Kings 14:14 — Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) that day: but what? even now.
• 1 Kings 14:16 — And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam (יָֽרָבְעָם֙), who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kings 14:17 — And Jeroboam’s (יָרָבְעָ֔ם) wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
• 1 Kings 14:19 — And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam (יָֽרָבְעָ֔ם), how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
• 1 Kings 14:20 — And the days which Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֔ם) reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 14:30 — And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) all their days.
• 1 Kings 15:1 — Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֣ם) the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
• 1 Kings 15:6 — And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֖ם) all the days of his life.
• 1 Kings 15:7 — Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָֽם).
• 1 Kings 15:9 — And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam (לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם) king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
• 1 Kings 15:25 — And Nadab the son of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֗ם) began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
• 1 Kings 15:29 — And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֔ם); he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
• 1 Kings 15:29 — And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam (לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם) any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
• 1 Kings 15:30 — Because of the sins of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָם֙) which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
• 1 Kings 15:34 — And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֔ם), and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
• 1 Kings 16:2 — Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֗ם), and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
• 1 Kings 16:3 — Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֥ם) the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 16:7 — And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam (יָרָבְעָ֑ם); and because he killed him.