Answer:
Jeroboam
Explanation:
Jeroboam I was not from the line of David. He was one of Solomon’s administrators, but through the prophet Ahijah, God compelled him to rebel, promising to give him a dynasty as lasting as David’s—so long as he obeyed God.
His reign was supposed to humble David’s descendents (1 Kings 11:39) by splintering their kingdom, while still letting David’s line keep the city of Jerusalem, where God’s temple stood (2 Samuel 7). But instead of obeying God, Jeroboam led Israel astray into blatant rebellion against him. In fact, Jeroboam is remembered throughout the books of Kings as the one who made Israel sin (2 Kings 17:22). So rather than being blessed, his reign became a blot on Israel’s history, and his family was cursed. Near the end of Jeroboam’s rule, God spoke to him through Ahijah again, but this time, he delivered one of the strongest rebukes in the Bible: “You have done more evil than all who lived before you.” —1 Kings 14:9
