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Zeruah ( Hebrew: צְרוּעָה Ṣərūʿā, "leper" or "wasp") was an ancestor of Jeroboam, the first king of the Kingdom of Israel. She is mentioned only in a single verse of the Hebrew Bible, and her relationship to Jeroboam depends on how one interprets the text, with Zeruah being either the mother of Jeroboam, or the mother of Jeroboam's father, Nebat :
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Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus. Zeruah (1 Occurrence) 1 Kings 11:26. Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king.
Zeruiah ( / zəˈruːjə / צרויה sometimes transliterated Tzruya or Zeruya) was a sister of King David. According to both the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Talmud, Zeruiah was a daughter of Jesse and sister of Abigail, to whom reference is made in 1 Chronicles ( 1 Chronicles 2:13–17) and Samuel 2 ( 2 Samuel 17:25 ).
Zuh-roo´uh A widow and the mother of King Jeroboam I of Israel (924–903 BCE; 1Kgs 11:26).
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1 Kings 11:26-14:20. English Standard Version. 26 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king.
