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• RehoboamPeople

  Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, inherited the united kingdom of Israel but became the first king of the southern kingdom of Judah after the ten northern tribes broke away.

• RehobothBible

  Rehoboth is the name of a well that Isaac dug without strife after leaving the Valley of Gerar, as recorded in Genesis 26. The Hebrew name means "broad place," and Isaac gave it this name as a confession that God had made room for them.

• HadadezerPeople

  Hadadezer, son of Rehob, was king of the Aramean kingdom of Zobah in the time of David. David defeated him in two campaigns, and as a result the Aramean region came under Israelite influence.

• NaamahPeople

  Naamah was a wife of Solomon and the mother of Rehoboam, king of Judah. First Kings and Second Chronicles identify her as an Ammonite. A different woman with the same name appears in Genesis.

• MahalathPeople

  Mahalath is the name of two women in the Old Testament. It most often refers to the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, who was a granddaughter of David (2 Chronicles 11:18). A second woman of the same name was a daughter of Ishmael who became the wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9).

• MaachahPeople

  Maachah was the wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, and the mother of Abijah (Abijam). During the reign of King Asa, she was removed from her position as queen mother for making an abominable image for Asherah.

• AbijahPeople

  Abijah was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the divided monarchy, the son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa. The books of Kings call him "Abijam," and he reigned for about three years.

• ShemaiahPeople

  Shemaiah was a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam, the first king of the southern kingdom of Judah. He delivered the word of God that prevented war with the northern tribes. When Shishak king of Egypt invaded, he brought God's warning to the leaders of Judah.

• 1 Kings 12Bible

  1 Kings 12 is the chapter in which Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, rejects the people's request, causing Israel to divide into the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel, and in which Jeroboam sets up golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

• 2 Chronicles 12Bible

  2 Chronicles 12 records how, after Rehoboam king of Judah forsook the law, Shishak king of Egypt invaded and carried off the treasures of the temple and the royal palace; how the king and the princes humbled themselves and escaped destruction; and how Rehoboam died.

• ShishakPeople

  Shishak was a king of Egypt in the time of Solomon and Rehoboam. He gave refuge to Jeroboam when Jeroboam fled from Solomon, and in the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign he invaded Judah and carried off the treasures of the temple and the royal palace.

• AbijamPeople

  Abijam was the second king of the southern kingdom of Judah during the period of the divided kingdom. The son of Rehoboam and the father of Asa, he reigned for three years. In 2 Chronicles and the Gospel of Matthew he is called "Abijah."

• Division of the KingdomBible

  The division of the kingdom of Israel after the death of Solomon into the southern kingdom of Judah under Rehoboam and the northern kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam. It is recorded in 1 Kings 12 and 2 Chronicles 10.

• MareshahBible

  Mareshah was a city in the lowland (Shephelah) of Judah. Rehoboam fortified it, Asa defeated the army of Zerah the Ethiopian there, and it appears among the cities against which Micah pronounced judgment.

• 2 Chronicles 10Bible

  2 Chronicles 10 recounts how, after Solomon's death, Rehoboam rejected the people's request at Shechem to lighten their burden, and the northern tribes broke away from the house of David.

• Iddo (Prophet)People

  Iddo was a prophet of the early divided kingdom who is called both a "seer" and a "prophet" in 2 Chronicles. He is said to have left writings recording the events of the reigns of Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijah. Several other people in the Bible bear the same name.

• AzekahBible

  Azekah was a town in the western "lowland" (the low hill country, or Shephelah) of Judah. It appears in the accounts of Joshua's conquest, the story of David and Goliath, Rehoboam's fortification program, and the Babylonian invasion.

• JerimothPeople

  Jerimoth is a Hebrew personal name found in the Old Testament books of Chronicles. This article focuses mainly on "Jerimoth the son of David" (2 Chronicles 11:18), who is recorded as the father-in-law of King Rehoboam, and also lists other individuals who bear the same name.

• 1 Kings 14Bible

  When Jeroboam's son falls ill, the prophet Ahijah pronounces judgment on the house of Jeroboam. The chapter then records the sins of Rehoboam of Judah and the invasion of Jerusalem by Shishak, king of Egypt.