|Jeroboam; Hebrew: ירבעם| |King of Israel| Illustration of
Jeroboam setting up two golden calves, Bible Historiale, 1372.
|Birthplace||United Kingdom of Israel| |Place of death||Tirzah,
Northern Kingdom of Israel| |Successor||Nadab, his son|
|Consort||Egyptian princess Ano (as per the Septuagint)| |Royal
House||New House, unknown| Jeroboam pron.: // (Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם
yarobh`am, Greek: Ιεροβοάμ Hieroboam) was the first king of the
northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel after the revolt of the ten
northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to
the United Monarchy. The name Jeroboam, (יָרָבְעָם), commonly
held to have been derived from riyb (רִיב) and `am (עַם), and
signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's
cause" It is alternatively translated to mean "his people are
many" or "he increases the people" (from רבב (rbb), meaning to
increase); or even "he that opposes the people". In the
Septuagint he is called Hieroboam (Ιεροβοάμ). Jeroboam was the
son of Nebat (Douay-Rheims: Nabat