Person
Jeroboam II of Israel
14th king of Israel
Jeroboam II is the son and successor of Jehoash, (alternatively spelled Joash), and the fourteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, over which he rules for forty-one years according to 2 Kings (2 Kings 14:23).
His reign is contemporary with those of Amaziah (2 Kings 14:23) and Uzziah (15:1), kings of Judah.
He is victorious over the Syrians (13:4; 14:26, 27), conquers Damascus (14:28), and extends Israel to its former limits, from "the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain" (14:25; Amos 6:14).
William F. Albright has dated his reign to 786 BC – 746 BCE, while E. R. Thiele says he was coregent with Jehoash 793 BCE to 782 BCE and sole ruler 782 BC to 753 BCE.