Jeroboam II

Jeroboam II
Jeroboam II from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
King of Northern Israel
Reign	793–753 BC or 786–746 BC
Predecessor	Jehoash
Successor	Zechariah
Father	Jehoash

Jeroboam II (Hebrew: יָרָבְעָם, Yāroḇʿām; Greek: Ἱεροβοάμ; Latin: Hieroboam/Jeroboam) was the son and 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.