GRGR(10): Jeroboam

[David Morris]

>From: Jeremy Osner
>I never saw a container of champagne referred to as a jeroboam before.
>Isn't Jeroboam an Old Testament king?
>

As for a Jeroboam of wine (not just champagne), check out this site:
http://www.difma.com/usgros_formats.htm

As for the King:
http://infoplease.com/ce5/CE026839.html
Jeroboam I
Pronunciation: [jerubO´um]
"In the Bible, first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He was an 
Ephraimite and led a revolt against Solomon, inspired probably by the 
restlessness of N Palestine under southern rule. Jeroboam fled to Egypt when 
the plot failed but returned on the accession of Solomon's son, Rehoboam. 
When the new king would not satisfy the northerners, Jeroboam led a 
secession, leaving the house of David only Judah and some of the area of 
Benjamin. Jeroboam became notorious for fostering idolatry in his kingdom of 
Israel. His capital was first in Shechem and later at Tirzah. Jeroboam was 
succeeded by his son Nadab."

Also in Moby Dick:
http://www.melville.org/diCurcio/71.htm
Chapter 71 The Jeroboam's Story
Here we meet Gabriel, a "scaramouch" -- in Stubb's words -- who haunts 
another Nantucket whaleship. As the previous chapter ended, Ahab's gloomy 
soliloquy was interrupted by the sighting of a sail on the horizon. The 
Pequod signalled the distant ship, and she replied, signalling she was the 
whaleship Jeroboam of Nantucket. [Note that Jeroboam, like Ahab, was the 
name of a king of Israel who fell from favor with the Lord.}
And more...

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