Jeroboam II

Jeroboam II
Jeroboam II from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
King of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
Reign	41 years 793–753 BC or 786–746 BC
Predecessor	Jehoash
Successor	Zechariah
Father	Jehoash

Jeroboam II (Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם, Yāroḇʿām; Greek: Ἱεροβοάμ; Latin: Hieroboam/Jeroboam), also referred to as Jeroboam son of Jehoash, was the successor of Jehoash (alternatively spelled Joash) and the thirteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years in the eighth century BC. His reign was contemporary with those of Amaziah^[1] and Uzziah,^[2] kings of Judah. Jeroboam is the fourth king of the House of Jehu and the longest-reigning king of the kingdom of Israel in Samaria. He is described as a military commander who fought Syria.