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Jeroboam II (Hebrew ירבעם השני, he pleads the people's cause)
(vr. 836-r. 825-784 BC according to Ussher[1], or vr.
793-r.782-753 according to Thiele[2]) was the thirteenth king of
the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the third generation after
Jehu in the House of Jehu.[3][4] He was the definitive
instrument of God's deliverance of that kingdom from Syrian
harassment[4] and had a grand and prosperous reign. However,
because he never suppressed the golden-calf cult of his namesake
Jeroboam I, God ultimately brought his kingdom to ruin.[3][4]
Indeed, Ussher[1] infers that a twelve-year interregnum
intervened between the death of Jeroboam II and the accession of
his son Zachariah. (Thiele mentions no such interregnum in his
system.[2])   Viceroyalty and Accession  Both Ussher[1] and
Thiele[2] agree that Jeroboam began as viceroy in the reign of
his father Joash. He held this position for twelve years, during
which Joash fought three successful battles