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Jeroboam (1Ki 11:26)

Son of Nebat and Zeruah, in United Monarchy and Divided Monarchy. Named in scripture at 1 Kings 11:26.

Lived: United Monarchyand Divided Monarchy

What we know — and how we know it

Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
Family & lineage
BibleSon of Nebat and Zeruah.
1 Kings 11:26
Nebat · Zeruah

Where in scripture

1 Kings2 Kings2 Chronicles
1 Kings 11:261 Kings 11:281 Kings 11:291 Kings 11:311 Kings 11:401 Kings 13:11 Kings 13:41 Kings 13:331 Kings 13:341 Kings 16:21 Kings 16:31 Kings 16:71 Kings 16:191 Kings 16:261 Kings 16:311 Kings 21:221 Kings 22:522 Kings 3:32 Kings 9:92 Kings 10:292 Kings 10:312 Kings 13:22 Kings 13:62 Kings 13:11 …and 16 more mentions

Family

In their own words — 1 recorded saying

“Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.” — 2 Chronicles 10:4

Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).