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Rehoboam Scripture - 2 Chronicles 11:17

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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Rehoboam Scripture - 2 Chronicles 11:21

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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Rehoboam Scripture - 2 Chronicles 12:5

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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Rehoboam in Wikipedia

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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Rehoboam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Rehoboam in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Rehoboam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

who sets the people at liberty...

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Rehoboam in Naves Topical Bible

-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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Rehoboam in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Rehoboam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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