Jeroboam II

Jeroboam II. succeeded his father Jehoash as king of Israel more than a century after the death of his namesake, whose evil reputation he emulated, establishing idolatry at most of the places associated with the worship of Jehovah, whilst retaining many ritual observances of the Levitical law. He wrested back from Syria all the provinces lost by his predecessors, and extended his dominions beyond Jordan. After a reign of forty-one years he was succeeded by his son Zachariah.