Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.


Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.


In the fifteenth year of Judah's King Amaziah son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Jehoash became king of Israel in Samaria; he reigned 41 years. He did what was evil in the Lord's sight. He did not turn away from all the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. It was he who restored Israel's border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher. read more.
For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel, neither bond nor free. However, the Lord had not said He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so He delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash. The rest of the events of Jeroboam's [reign]-along with all his accomplishments and the power he had to wage war and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah-are written about in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings. Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.


Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.


Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah became king in his place.

Nevertheless, the Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

In the thirty-eighth year of Judah's King Azariah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months. He did what was evil in the Lord's sight as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place. read more.
As for the rest of the events of Zechariah's [reign], they are written about in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings. The word of the Lord that He spoke to Jehu was, "Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel." And it was so.