Bible Person

Zeruah

Meaning: leprous; wasp; hornet · Female · 1 cross reference

Zeruah is the mother of Jeroboam in 1 Kings 11:26. She belongs to the family background of the man who becomes the first king of the northern kingdom. First appears in 1 Kgs 11:26.1

AI summary: Zeruah matters because her single cross reference helps locate Jeroboam within a named maternal line at the turning point where Israel's united monarchy fractures. The entry adds domestic and dynastic texture to a major political shift. Taken together, the material presents Zeruah as the mother of a kingdom-dividing ruler.1

Central Figure

Zeruah

Meaning: leprous; wasp; hornet

Stricken, mother of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes (1 Kings 11:26).