Rehoboam
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they
walked in the way of David and Solomon....
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And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all
his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and
threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and
threescore daughters.)...
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Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the
princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem
because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD,
Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the
hand of Shishak....
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Rehoboam (Hebrew: רְחַבְעָם,
Rehav'am, meaning "he who enlarges the people"; Greek: Ροβοαμ;
Latin: Roboam) was a king of the United Monarchy of Israel and
later of the Kingdom of Judah after the ten northern tribes of
Israel rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Kingdom
of Israel.
He was a son of Solomo...
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re-ho-bo'-am (rechabh`am, "the people is enlarged," or
perhaps "Am is wide" Rhoboam; "Roboam," Mt 1:7 the King
James Version):
1. The Disruption of the Kingdom
2. Underlying Causes of Disruption
3. Shemaiah Forbids Civil War
4. Rehoboam's Prosperity
5. Shishak's Invasion
6. His Death
The son and successor of Solomon, the last king to claim the
t...
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-Successor to Solomon as king
1Ki 11:43; 2Ch 9:31
-Refuses to reform abuses
1Ki 12:1-15; 2Ch 10:1-15
-Ten tribes, under the leadership of Jeroboam, successfully
revolt from
1Ki 12:16-24; 2Ch 10:16-19; 11:1-4
-Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous
2Ch 11:5-23
-Invaded by the king of Egypt and plundered
1Ki 14:25-28; 2Ch 12:1-1...
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(enlarger of the people), son of Solomon by the Ammonite
princess Naamah, 1Ki 14:21,31 and his successor. 1Ki 11:43
Rehoboam selected Shechem as the place of his coronation
(B.C. 975), probably as an act of concession to the
Ephraimites. The people demanded a remission of the severe
burdens imposed by Solomon, and Rehoboam, rejecting the
advi...
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he enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the
throne,
and apparently his only son. He was the son of
Naamah "the
Ammonitess," some well-known Ammonitish princess (1
Kings 14:21;
2 Chr. 12:13). He was forty-one years old when he
ascended the
throne, and he reigned seventeen years (B.C. 975-
958). Although
he was acknowledged at on...
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Solomon's son by the Ammonite Naamah (1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings
14:13; 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Chronicles 12:13). Succeeded his
father in his 41st year. In 2 Chronicles 13:7 "young and
tender hearted" means inexperienced (for he was not young in
years then) and faint-hearted, not energetic in making a
stand against those who insolently rose against him....
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