Zeruah

Zeruah (Hebrew: צְרוּעָה ''Ṣərūʿā'', "leper") was an ancestor of

Jeroboam Jeroboam I (; Hebrew: ''Yārŏḇə‘ām''; el, Ἱεροβοάμ, Hieroboám) was the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Hebrew Bible describes the reign of Jeroboam to have commenced following a revolt of the ten northern ...

, the first king of the

Kingdom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel may refer to any of the historical kingdoms of ancient Israel, including: Fully independent (c. 564 years) *Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) (1047–931 BCE), the legendary kingdom established by the Israelites and uniting ...

. She is mentioned only in a single verse of the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Nebat: "And 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" (1 Kings 11:26, ''American Standard Version''). Books of Kings people Women in the Hebrew Bible House of Jeroboam 10th-century BCE Hebrew people {{bible-stub