13 Aug 2014
King Jeroboam (II)
How He Became King: After his father Joash died
When He Began Reigning: Uncertain
Reign Length: 41 years
Ruled Over: Israel
Type of King: Evil
Prophet: Jonah
Death: Uncertain
Burial: Unknown
After Joash died, Jeroboam reigned over Israel for 41 years. He did evil in the sight of the Lord:
2 Kings 14:23: “In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.”
During Jeroboam’s reign the land of Israel was greatly afflicted. Because of this affliction God granted him military victories, as was spoken by the prophet Jonah:
2 Kings 14:25: “He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.”
The reason the Lord did this was because He saw that Israel was greatly oppressed and there was no one to help them:
2 Kings 14:26: “For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
27 And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.”
After Jeroboam died, Zachariah his son ruled over Israel.