Jeroboam II
<p>Under Jeroboam II, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaShem" class="mw-redirect" title="HaShem">HaShem</a> was worshiped at Dan and Beth-el and at other old Israelitish shrines, but through actual images, such as the golden calf. These services at Dan and Beth-el, at Gilgal and Beer-sheba, were of a nature to arouse the indignation of the prophets, and the foreign cults (Amos v.), both numerous and degrading, contributed still further to arousing of the prophetic spirit.<sup id="cite_ref-je_2-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeroboam_II#cite_note-je-2">[2]</a></sup> Jeroboam's reign was the period of the prophets <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea" title="Hosea">Hosea</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%28prophet%29" title="Joel (prophet)">Joel</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah" title="Jonah">Jonah</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos%28prophet%29" title="Amos (prophet)">Amos</a>, all of whom condemned the materialism and selfishness of the Israelite elite of their day: "Woe unto those who lie upon beds of ivory ... eat lambs from the flock and calves ... [and] sing idle songs ..." The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">book of Kings</a>, written a century later condemns Jeroboam for doing "evil in the eyes of the Lord", meaning both the <b>oppression of the poor and his continuing support of the cult centres of Dan and Bethel</b>, in opposition to the temple in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>.</p>
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2Ki 13:13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. </p>