[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jeroboam
     n 1: old testament first king of the northern kingdom of israel
          who led israel into sin 10th century bc syn: jeroboam
          i
     2: a large wine bottle holds 4/5 of a gallon syn: double-magnum
see also:
jeroboam i double-magnum 

[2] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

jeroboam
   increase of the people. 1. the son of nebat 1 kings
   11:26-39, "an ephrathite," the first king of the ten tribes,
   over whom he reigned twenty-two years b.c. 976-945. he was the
   son of a widow of zereda, and while still young was promoted by
   solomon to be chief superintendent of the "burnden", i.e., of
   the bands of forced labourers. influenced by the words of the
   prophet ahijah, he began to form conspiracies with the view of
   becoming king of the ten tribes; but these having been
   discovered, he fled to egypt 1 kings 11:29-40, where he
   remained for a length of time under the protection of shishak i.
   on the death of solomon, the ten tribes, having revolted, sent
   to invite him to become their king. the conduct of rehoboam
   favoured the designs of jeroboam, and he was accordingly
   proclaimed "king of israel" 1 kings 12: 1-20. he rebuilt and
   fortified shechem as the capital of his kingdom. he at once
   adopted means to perpetuate the division thus made between the
   two parts of the kingdom, and erected at dan and bethel, the two
   extremities of his kingdom, "golden calves," which he set up as
   symbols of jehovah, enjoining the people not any more to go up
   to worship at jerusalem, but to bring their offerings to the
   shrines he had erected. thus he became distinguished as the man
   "who made israel to sin." this policy was followed by all the
   succeeding kings of israel.
   
     while he was engaged in offering incense at bethel, a prophet
   from judah appeared before him with a warning message from the
   lord. attempting to arrest the prophet for his bold words of
   defiance, his hand was "dried up," and the altar before which he
   stood was rent asunder. at his urgent entreaty his "hand was
   restored him again" 1 kings 13:1-6, 9; comp. 2 kings 23:15;
   but the miracle made no abiding impression on him. his reign was
   one of constant war with the house of judah. he died soon after
   his son abijah 1 kings 14:1-18.
   
     2. jeroboam ii., the son and successor of jehoash, and the
   fourteenth king of israel, over which he ruled for forty-one
   years, b.c. 825-784 2 kings 14:23. he followed the example of
   the first jeroboam in keeping up the worship of the golden
   calves 2 kings 14:24. his reign was contemporary with those of
   amaziah 2 kings 14:23 and uzziah 15:1, kings of judah. he
   was victorious over the syrians 13:4; 14:26, 27, and extended
   israel to its former limits, from "the entering of hamath to the
   sea of the plain" 14:25; amos 6:14. his reign of forty-one
   years was the most prosperous that israel had ever known as yet.
   with all this outward prosperity, however, iniquity widely
   prevailed in the land amos 2:6-8; 4:1; 6:6; hos. 4:12-14. the
   prophets hosea 1:1, joel 3:16; amos 1:1, 2, amos 1:1, and
   jonah 2 kings 14:25 lived during his reign. he died, and was
   buried with his ancestors 14:29. he was succeeded by his son
   zachariah q.v..
   
     his name occurs in scripture only in 2 kings 13:13; 14:16, 23,
   27, 28, 29; 15:1, 8; 1 chr. 5:17; hos. 1:1; amos 1:1; 7:9, 10,
   11. in all other passages it is jeroboam the son of nebat that
   is meant.
   

[3] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

jeroboam, he that opposes the people

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