Jeroboam = "the people will contend"

 1) the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom
    split at the death of Solomon and the 10 tribes split off from Judah
    and Benjamin and the kingdom under Solomon's son Rehoboam; idolatry
    was introduced at the beginning of his reign
 2) the 8th king of the northern kingdom of Israel, son of Joash, and
    4th in the dynasty of Jehu; during his reign the Syrian invaders
    were repelled and the kingdom restored to its former borders but
    the idolatry of the kingdom was maintained