Nadab ( he, נָדָב ''Nāḏāḇ'') was the second king of the northern

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Kingdom of Israel. He was the son and successor 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 ...

Reign

Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Asa, King of Judah, and reigned for two years."Nadav", ''Jewish Encyclopedia''
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has dated his reign to 901–900 BCE, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 910–909 BCE.Edwin Thiele, ''

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'', (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). , 9780825438257 In the second year of his reign, while they were besieging

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, a

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town in southern

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, a conspiracy broke out in Nadab's army. He was slain by one of his own

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s, Baasha, who then made himself king of Israel. Having slain Nadab, Baasha put to death the remainder of the royal family (, ). This was consistent with the prophecy given via

Ahijah the Shilonite Ahijah the Shilonite ( ''ʾĂḥīyā'' meaning " Yah is my brother") was a Levite prophet of Shiloh in the days of Solomon, as mentioned in the Hebrew Bible's First Books of Kings. Ahijah foretold to Jeroboam that he would become king (). Th ...

concerning the extinction of the entire

House of Jeroboam The House of Jeroboam or Jeroboam dynasty was a reigning dynasty of the Kingdom of Israel. They are depicted in the first of the Books of Kings. Their estimated reign is placed in the 10th century BCE. Chase (2010), p. 221 The house is named aft ...

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