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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Jeroboam. Every Jeroboam in the Bible

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    Jeroboam

    יָֽרָבְעָם

    Jeroboam I was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the split of the united monarchy following Solomon's reign.

    Illustration1 Kings 12Jeroboam's new worship site at Bethel is centered on a golden calf and an altar, with Israelites gathered around it.
    verses
    81
    first named
    1 Kings 11:26
    last named
    2 Chronicles 13:20
    period
    United Monarchy – Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Jeroboam?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Jeroboam I was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the united monarchy split following the reign of King Solomon. He was an Ephraimite and a former official in Solomon's administration. The prophet Ahijah predicted that Jeroboam would rule over ten tribes of Israel, and when Solomon sought to kill him, Jeroboam fled to Egypt.

    After Solomon's death, Jeroboam returned and led the northern tribes in a revolt against Solomon's son, Rehoboam. He established his capital in Shechem and set up two golden calves in Bethel and Dan to prevent the people from worshipping in Jerusalem. This act of idolatry became known as the "sin of Jeroboam" and was condemned by the prophets.

    Jeroboam reigned for 22 years, during which he constantly fought against the southern kingdom of Judah. He was succeeded by his son Nadab. The kings of Israel who followed Jeroboam continued in his idolatrous practices, leading to the eventual downfall and exile of the northern kingdom.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Jeroboam10 of 29 entities the graph connects to Jeroboam, in one group: events 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Israel26 events · 2,578 versesJudah5 events · 1,023 versesJerusalem2 events · 888 versesEgypt4 events · 649 versesSolomon9 events · 272 versesSin5 events · 240 versesPriest6 events · 202 versesBethel8 events · 69 versesShechem3 events · 44 versesRehoboam8 events · 42 versesJeroboam

    The 10 best-attested of 29 are drawn. All 29 are listed below.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 31 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Jeroboam happensAll 4 places the claims about Jeroboam reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Bethel, Dan, Egypt, Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Jeroboam there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.BethelDanEgyptJerusalem
    United MonarchyAll 4 places the claims about Jeroboam reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 81, across 3 books. The name is written 90 times in them.

    1. 1 Kings48 verses

      11:2611:2811:2911:3111:4012:212:312:1212:1512:2012:2512:2612:3213:113:413:3313:3414:114:214:414:514:614:714:1014:1114:1314:1414:1614:1714:1914:2014:3015:115:615:715:915:2515:2915:3015:3416:216:316:716:1916:2616:3121:2222:52

    2. 2 Kings15 verses

      3:39:910:2910:3113:213:613:1114:2415:915:1815:2415:2817:2117:2223:15

    3. 2 Chronicles18 verses

      9:2910:210:310:1210:1511:411:1412:1513:113:213:313:413:613:813:1313:1513:1913:20

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Jeroboam, Abijah, Judah, and Chosen Men Of Israel’s war of Jeroboam And Israel, Israel, and Jeroboam and Israel and Jehu’s worship, and 6 moreIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Israel’s sin and Zechariah and Israel’s sin of Sin, and 2 moreSinSin is a concept gathering 35 labelled instances in the text.via Israel and Jehu’s worship and Jeroboam’s sacrifice, and 2 moreBethelImportant city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob.via Jeroboam and People’s return and Israel, Jeroboam, and All People’s returnRehoboamSon of Solomon, first king of Judahvia Jeroboam and People’s return and Israel, Jeroboam, and All People’s returnReturnReturn is a concept gathering 228 labelled instances in the text.via Jeroboam, Abijah, Judah, and Chosen Men Of Israel’s war of Jeroboam And Israel, Israel, and Jeroboam and War Between Rehoboam JeroboamAbijahKing of Judah, son of Rehoboamvia Jeroboam, Abijah, Judah, and Chosen Men Of Israel’s war of Jeroboam And Israel, Israel, and Jeroboam and War Between Rehoboam JeroboamWarWar is a concept gathering 40 labelled instances in the text.via Israel and Jehu’s worship and Jeroboam’s setting up of Golden Calf One and Golden Calf TwoDanIsraelite tribe; city in northern Israel; originally called Laish/Leshem.via Jeroboam’s feastFeastFeast is a concept gathering 42 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    3 more chapters, from 2 Chronicles 10 to 2 Chronicles 13

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