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| Name | JEROBOAM |
| Aliases | SON OF NEBAT / FIRST KING OF THE NORTH / WHO MADE ISRAEL TO SIN |
| Status | DECEASED / HIS HOUSE CUT OFF / A BYWORD FOR LEADING ISRAEL ASTRAY |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE MIGHTY MAN RAISED FROM A SERVANT |
| Place of Birth | ZEREDAH IN EPHRAIM | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | EPHRAIM | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF NEBAT, AN EPHRAIMITE | People | THE TEN NORTHERN TRIBES |
| Occupation | OFFICIAL / THEN KING OF ISRAEL | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM | Calling | KING GIVEN TEN TRIBES, YET TURNED TO IDOLS |
| Primary Mission | RULE THE NORTHERN KINGDOM UNDER GOD | Known Signs | THE GOLDEN CALVES AT DAN AND BETHEL / THE WITHERED HAND |
| Covenant Role | FIRST KING OF THE NORTH WHO LED IT INTO SIN | Divine Access | INDIRECT / PROMISED A SURE HOUSE ON CONDITION - 1 KGS 11:38 |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE IDOL-MAKING KING |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT SPURNED | Known Miracles | THE ALTAR TORN / HIS HAND WITHERED |
| Divine Commission | FORFEITED | Threat Assessment | AHIJAH'S PROPHECY / THE JUDGMENT ON HIS HOUSE |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / HIS LINE CUT OFF | Archive Category | KINGS / THE SIN OF THE NORTH |
What he set up to keep the people north: TWO GOLDEN CALVES AT DAN AND BETHEL
The lie he told to the ten tribes: BEHOLD YOUR GODS WHO BROUGHT YOU UP
The subject was a mighty man of valor, an official over the labor of the house of Joseph. The prophet Ahijah met him and tore his cloak into twelve pieces, giving him ten, for the LORD would tear ten tribes from Solomon and give them to him.
God promised him a sure and lasting house if he would walk in obedience as David did. When Solomon sought to kill him, he fled to Egypt and returned to lead the northern tribes after Solomon's death.
Made king over Israel, he feared the people would return to the house of David if they went up to worship at Jerusalem. So he made two golden calves, set them in Dan and Bethel, and said, Behold your gods who brought you up out of Egypt.
He appointed a feast of his own and priests who were not Levites, and burned incense at the altar he had made. A man of God cried out against the altar, and when the subject stretched out his hand to seize him, his hand withered and the altar was torn.
He did not turn from his evil way, and this sin became the snare of the northern kingdom. The LORD sent word by Ahijah that his house would be swept away, and so it was, for he made Israel to sin.
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- Grasping to secure God's promise by our own devices forfeits it.
- Fear of losing power tempts leaders to reshape worship for their ends.
- A leader's sin becomes the snare of everyone who follows him.
