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    Rehoboam

    רְחַבְעָםῬοβοάμ

    Rehoboam was the son of Solomon and the first king of Judah after the division of the kingdom.

    verses
    42
    first named
    1 Kings 11:43
    last named
    Matthew 1:7
    period
    United Monarchy – Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Rehoboam?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Rehoboam was the son of King Solomon and Naamah, an Ammonite woman (1Ki.14.21, 31). He became king of Judah after Solomon's death (1Ki.11.43). When Rehoboam went to Shechem to be crowned, the people, led by Jeroboam, asked him to lighten the heavy yoke that Solomon had placed on them (1Ki.12.1-4). Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father, but he rejected their advice to be a servant to the people (1Ki.12.6-8). Instead, he followed the counsel of the young men who had grown up with him and threatened to make the people's yoke even heavier (1Ki.12.9-14). As a result, the ten northern tribes rebelled against Rehoboam and made Jeroboam their king, leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin loyal to Rehoboam (1Ki.12.16-20). Rehoboam intended to fight against the northern tribes, but God sent a prophet to stop him (1Ki.12.21-24). During Rehoboam's reign, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the temple and the royal palace (1Ki.14.25-28; 2Ch.12.1-12). Rehoboam did evil in the eyes of the Lord and allowed idol worship to spread in Judah (1Ki.14.22-24). He reigned for 17 years and was succeeded by his son Abijah (1Ki.14.21, 31; 2Ch.12.16). Rehoboam's story is a cautionary tale about the consequences of foolish decisions and disobedience to God.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Rehoboam10 of 31 entities the graph connects to Rehoboam, in 2 groups: kinship 3, events 7. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.SolomonChild of · 3 events · 272 versesAbijahFather of · 3 events · 20 versesMaacahSpouse of · 2 events · 8 versesKinshipIsrael24 events · 2,578 versesJudah3 events · 1,023 versesJerusalem8 events · 888 versesCity1 event · 485 versesJeroboam8 events · 81 versesWife2 events · 70 versesShechem4 events · 44 versesEventsRehoboam

    The 10 best-attested of 31 are drawn. All 31 are listed below.

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    and 26 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Rehoboam happensThe one place the claims about Rehoboam reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Rehoboam there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Rehoboam reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 42, across 4 books. The name is written 52 times in them.

    1. 1 Kings17 verses

      11:4312:112:312:612:1212:1712:1812:2112:2312:2714:2114:2514:2714:2914:3014:3115:6

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      3:10

    3. 2 Chronicles23 verses

      9:3110:110:310:610:1210:1310:1710:1811:111:311:511:1711:1811:2111:2212:112:212:512:1012:1312:1512:1613:7

    4. Matthew1 verse

      1:7

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Rehoboam and Israel’s forsaking of Law and Israel, Jeroboam, and All People’s return, and 2 moreIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Jeroboam and People’s return and Israel, Jeroboam, and All People’s returnJeroboamFirst king of the northern kingdom of Israel.via Jeroboam and People’s return and Israel, Jeroboam, and All People’s returnReturnReturn is a concept gathering 228 labelled instances in the text.via Basemath and Taphath, and 1 morea wife of SolomonDaughter of Abinadab, one of Solomon's wives.via Abihail and Mahalath, and 1 moreJerimothSon of David and Abihail.via Rehoboam’s establishment of Sovereignty and Royal Power and Rehoboam’s reignJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Rehoboam’s building up of City, Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, Fortification, Shield, and Spear and Rehoboam’s reignJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and provincevia Maacah and AbijahAsaKing of Judah, son of Abijah; father of Jehoshaphatvia NaamahAmmonAn ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel.

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