Rehoboam
son of Solomon who became king after him (1KI 11:43)
PersonTribe of Judahmale47 verses
Names
- Rehoboam — רְחַבְעָם rəchavəam “[my] people will enlarge, expand” (H7346) · Ιεροβοαμ Ieroboam — 1 Kings 11:43
Titles
- King Rehoboam — מֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם melek rəchavəam “king Rehoboam” (H7346) · ὁ βασιλεὺς ho basileùs “the king” (G935) — 1 Kings 12:6
- King of Judah — מֶלֶך יְהוּדָה melek yəhudah “king of Judah” (H3063) · βασιλεῖ Ιουδα basileî Iouda “king of Judah” — 1 Kings 12:23
Family
- father of Abijam (inferred)
- father of Jeush (son of Rehoboam and Mahalath) (inferred)
- father of Shemariah (son of Rehoboam and Mahalath) (inferred)
- father of Zaham (inferred)
- father of Attai (son of Rehoboam and Maacah) (inferred)
- father of Ziza (son of Rehoboam and Maacah) (inferred)
- father of Shelomith (son of Rehoboam and Maacah) (inferred)
Marriage
- husband of Mahalath (daughter of Jerimoth and Abihail and wife of…) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Rehoboam — 2,990 AH · 1,016 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — 1 Kings 11:42
- Rehoboam's reign as king over Judah begins — 3,031 AH · 975 BC (Ussher) · aged 41 — 1 Kings 11:43
- Death of Rehoboam — 3,049 AH · 958 BC (Ussher) · aged 59 — 1 Kings 14:21
- Rehoboam's reign as king over Judah ends* — 3,049 AH · 958 BC (Ussher) · aged 59 — 1 Kings 14:21
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Recorded at
- Shechem — Rehoboam's reign as king over Judah begins (1 Kings 12:1)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Jerusalem — 11 shared verses
- City of David — 4 shared verses
- Egypt — 3 shared verses
- Ammon — 1 shared verse
Appearances
Topical references
- Successor to Solomon as king — 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Chronicles 9:31
- Refuses to reform abuses — 1 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 10:1
- Ten tribes, under the leadership of Jeroboam, successfully revolt from — 1 Kings 12:16; 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Chronicles 11:1
- Builds fortified cities; is temporarily prosperous — 2 Chronicles 11:5
- Invaded by the king of Egypt and plundered — 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 12:1
- Death of — 1 Kings 14:31; 2 Chronicles 12:16
- Genealogy and descendants of — 1 Chronicles 3; Matthew 1
- Called ROBOAM — Matthew 1:7
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.