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Rehoboam (rē'əbō`əm), in the Bible, last king of the United Monarchy, first king of Judah, son of Solomon Solomon, d. c.930 B.C., king of the ancient Hebrews (c.970–c.930 B.C.), son and successor of David . His mother was Bath-sheba . His accession has been dated to c.970 B.C. According to the Bible. ..... Click the link for more information. . Under him the northern tribes broke away from the rule of Jerusalem and set up a separate kingdom (called Israel) with Jeroboam I Jeroboam I (jĕrəbō`əm), in the Bible, first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. ..... Click the link for more information. as their king. Rehoboam's foolish insolence to the protesting tribespeople is celebrated. In Rehoboam's reign Palestine was invaded by Sheshonk I Sheshonk I (shē`shŏngk), d. c.929 or 924 B.C., king of ancient Egypt, founder of the XXII (Libyan) dynasty. ..... Click the link for more information. of Egypt. It is also spelled Roboam. Rehoboam bitterly repressed his people. [O. T.: I Kings 12:12-16]
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Humble themselves: Rehoboam, the northern tribes of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun, Hezekiah, Manasseh, and Josiah. The content of Mattathias' testament is reminiscent of Sirach 44-50, where a eulogy of Israel's ancestors probably articulated by a devout Israelite of the second century BCE includes individuals such as Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Phinehas, Joshua, Caleb, the Judges, Samuel, Nathan, David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Elijah, Elisha, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Josiah, Zerubbabel, Nehemiah, and Simon the High Priest. Jacob's four wives bore him one daughter and 12 sons, but this patriarch is easily surpassed by King Rehoboam who had 18 wives, 60 concubines, 28 sons, and 60 daughters, and thus averaged 1. |
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