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 Chronicles 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.
- JEROHAM cherished; who finds mercy. (1.) Father of Elkanah, and
grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1).
(2.) The father of Azareel, the “captain” of the tribe of Dan (1 Chronicles
27:22).
(3.) 1 Chronicles 12:7; a Benjamite.
(4.) 2 Chronicles 23:1; one whose son assisted in placing Joash on the
throne.
(5.) 1 Chronicles 9:8; a Benjamite.
(6.) 1 Chronicles 9:12; a priest, perhaps the same as in Nehemiah 11:12.
- JERUBBAAL contender with Baal; or, let Baal plead, a surname of
Gideon; a name given to him because he destroyed the altar of Baal (Judges
6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 1 Samuel 12:11). - JERUBBESHETH contender with the shame; i.e., idol, a surname also of
Gideon (2 Samuel 11:21). - JERUEL founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the
Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond the wilderness of Tekoa, in the
direction of Engedi (2 Chronicles 20:16, 20). It corresponds with the tract
of country now called el-Hasasah. - JERUSALEM called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy
city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city
of Judah” (2 Chronicles 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual