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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Nadab was the son and successor of Jeroboam , the king of Israel ( 1 Kings 14:20).1Albright has dated his reign to 901 - 900 BC , while Thiele offers the dates 910 - 909 BC .2While engaged with his army in besieging Gibbethon , a town of southern Dan ( Joshua 19:44), a conspiracy broke out in his army, and he was slain by Baasha (1 Kings 15:25-28), after a reign of two years. The assassination of Nadab was followed by that of his whole house, and so this great Ephraimite family became extinct (1 Kings 15:29).3
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of Israel Nadab from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum " Nadab ( ) was the second king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son and successor of Jeroboam . ( 1 Kings 14:20 ) Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Asa, king of Judah , and reigned for two years.Albright has dated his reign to 901 - 900 BCE, while E.Thiele offers the dates 910 - 909 BCE.In the second year of his reign, while they were besieging Gibbethon - a Philistine town in southern Dan ( Joshua 19:40–44 ) - a conspiracy broke out in Nadab's own army.He was slain by one of his own captains, Baasha , who then made himself king of Israel.( 1 Kings 15:25–28 ) Baasha subsequently assassinated the entire House of Jeroboam; so did this great Ephraimite family become extinct.
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He was the son and successor of Jeroboam .
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Nadab ( Nāḏāḇ ) was the second king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son and successor of Jeroboam .
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King of Israel in the 10th century BCE Nadab ( Nāḏāḇ ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible , the second king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son and successor of Jeroboam .
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King of Israel in the 10th century BCE Nadab ( Hebrew : נָדָב Nāḏāḇ ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible , the second king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel . He was the son and successor of Jeroboam .
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son and successor of jeroboam
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second king of the northern israelite kingdom of israel
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