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And Jeroboam (Hebr. Jarovam), the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon whose mother was Zeruah, a widow, also raised his hand against the king.
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), that Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,
And the king did not listen to the people, for it was something that the Lord (Yahweh) had allowed to happen so that he might confirm his word that the Lord (Yahweh) had spoken through the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. [Jeroboam I, first king of the Northern Kingdom.]
[Abijah was the second ruler of the Southern Kingdom. He reigned in Jerusalem from 913 to 910 BC. He fought against the Northern Kingdom and defeated Jeroboam in Ephraim (ca. 912 BC), see .]
And in the 18th year of King Jeroboam's son Nebat, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
And he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and in his sins, whereby he made Israel to sin and provoke the Lord (Yahweh), the God (Elohim) of Israel, with their vanity (idolatry).
And it came to pass, as if it were a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, that he took as his wife Jezebel (Hebr. Izevel), the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
And I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, son of Ahijah, for the evil you have done in provoking me and causing Israel to sin.
And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh), and walked in the ways of his father and in the ways of his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Thus he caused Israel to sin.
Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, with which he caused Israel to sin (miss the mark – Hebr. chata), and he did not forsake them. [Jehu was the first king of the Northern Kingdom, see .]
And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah.
But he did not turn away from the sins that
[the first king of the Northern Kingdom] Jeroboam, the son of
Nebat, had caused Israel to sin, not from the golden calves that were in
Bethel and were in Dan.
[]And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh) and followed the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin. He did not turn away from them.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh). He did not forsake all the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin, but walked in them.
And he [Jeroboam II, son of Joash] did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh). He did not depart from any of the sins of [his ancestor] Jeroboam, son of Nebat, which caused [encouraged] Israel to sin (miss the mark – Hebr. chata). [Jeroboam I was the first king of the Northern Kingdom and the one who introduced idolatry, see , .]
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh), as his father had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin.
And he [Menachem] did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh). He did not depart from any of the sins of [his ancestor] Jeroboam, son of Nebat, which caused [encouraged] Israel to sin (miss the mark – Hebr. chata). [Jehu was the first king of the Northern Kingdom, see .]
And he [Pecahiah] did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh). He did not depart (turn away) from any of the sins of [his ancestor] Jeroboam, son of Nebat, which caused [encouraged] Israel to sin (miss the mark – Hebr. chata). [Jehu was the first king of the Northern Kingdom, see .]
And he [Pecah] did what was evil in the sight of the Lord (Yahweh). He did not depart (turn away) from any of the sins of [his ancestor] Jeroboam, son of Nebat, which caused [encouraged] Israel to sin (miss the mark – Hebr. chata). [Jehu was the first king of the Northern Kingdom, see .]
For he tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the Lord (Yahweh) and caused them to sin greatly.
And also the altar that was in Bethel and the high places that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high places he broke down, and he burned the high places and made them fine dust, and he burned the Asherah [pole for idol worship].
The rest of Solomon's deeds, from his early days to his final days, are recorded in the chronicles of the prophet Nathan, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of the seer (prophet – Hebr. chozeh) Iddo concerning Jeroboam, son of Nebat.
When Jeroboam, son of Nebat, king of the Northern Kingdom, heard this while he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon, he returned from Egypt.
So the king did not listen to the people. God did this so that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he had spoken to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, through Ahijah of Shiloh.
But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of David's son Solomon, rose up and rebelled against his master.
