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Zeruah

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

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(full breasted), the mother of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (1 Kings 11:26) (B.C. 973.)

In the Bible

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Verses where Zeruah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Kings 11:26

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

Scripture on Zeruah

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Zeruah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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