Rehoboam
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.05|King Rehoboam, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|upright=1.05|Rehoboam and Abijah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling#Ancestors of Christ|Sistine Chapel ceiling. thumb|upright=1.05|David, Solomon, and Rehoboam, by Lucas van Leyden Rehoboam (; , , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the last monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel, though his reign over the unified state was brief; after the Northern and Southern kingdoms were divided, he became the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was a son of a
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According to the Hebrew Bible, Rehoboam was the last king to rule over a united Israel, though his unified reign was short-lived before the kingdom split into northern and southern regions, after which he became the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. His reign marks a pivotal moment in ancient Israelite history, as it represents the transition from a single monarchy to a divided one, which shaped the political landscape of the biblical kingdoms for centuries to come.
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- Rehoboam
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- Rehoboam. Fragment of Wall Painting from Basel Town Hall Council Chamber, by Hans Holbein the Younger..jpg
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- Rehoboam, on a fragment of a mural by Hans Holbein the Younger kept at the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland
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- King of Israel
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- Solomon
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- Position abolished
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- House of David
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- Solomon
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- Naamah
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- King of Judah
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11 sectionsContents
- Background
- Reign
- Accession to the throne
- Civil war
- Egyptian invasion
- Succession
- Historicity
- Rabbinic literature
- In Christianity
- In popular culture
- References
thumb|upright=1.05|King Rehoboam, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|upright=1.05|Rehoboam and Abijah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling#Ancestors of Christ|Sistine Chapel ceiling. thumb|upright=1.05|David, Solomon, and Rehoboam, by Lucas van Leyden Rehoboam (; , , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the last monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel, though his reign over the unified state was brief; after the Northern and Southern kingdoms were divided, he became the first king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was a son of and the successor to Solomon and a grandson of David.
In the account of I Kings and II Chronicles, Rehoboam saw his rule limited to only the Kingdom of Judah in the south following a rebellion by the ten northern tribes of Israel in 932/931 BCE, which led to the formation of the independent Kingdom of Israel under the rule of Jeroboam in the north.