Dictionary Summary:Jeroboam II., the son and successor of Jehoash, and the fourteenth king of Israel, over which he ruled for forty-one years, B.C. 825-784 ([2 Kings 14:23](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.23)). He followed the example of the first Jeroboam in keeping up the worship of the golden calves ([2 Kings 14:24](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.24)). His reign was contemporary with those of Amaziah ([2 Kings 14:23](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.23)) and Uzziah (15:1), kings of Judah. He was victorious over the Syrians (13:4; 14:26, 27), and extended Israel to its former limits, from “the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain” (14:25; [Amos 6:14](/amos#Amos.6.14)). His reign of forty-one years was the most prosperous that Israel had ever known as yet. With all this outward prosperity, however, iniquity widely prevailed in the land ([Amos 2:6-8](/amos#Amos.2.6); [4:1](/amos#Amos.4.1); [6:6](/amos#Amos.6.6); [Hos. 4:12-14](/hos#Hos.4.12)). The prophets Hosea (1:1), Joel (3:16; [Amos 1:1](/amos#Amos.1.1), [2](/amos#Amos.1.2)), Amos (1:1), and Jonah ([2 Kings 14:25](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.25)) lived during his reign. He died, and was buried with his ancestors (14:29). He was succeeded by his son Zachariah (q.v.). His name occurs in Scripture only in [2 Kings 13:13](/2kgs#2Kgs.13.13); [14:16](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.16), [23](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.23), [27](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.27), [28](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.28), [29](/2kgs#2Kgs.14.29); [15:1](/2kgs#2Kgs.15.1), [8](/2kgs#2Kgs.15.8); [1 Chr. 5:17](/1chr#1Chr.5.17); [Hos. 1:1](/hos#Hos.1.1); [Amos 1:1](/amos#Amos.1.1); [7:9](/amos#Amos.7.9), [10](/amos#Amos.7.10), [11](/amos#Amos.7.11). In all other passages it is Jeroboam the son of Nebat that is meant. ²