Solomon’s son and successor whose arrogance split the kingdom in two. When the northern tribes requested lighter burdens, Rehoboam rejected his elders’ wise counsel and instead threatened harsher treatment, declaring his little finger was thicker than his father’s waist. Ten tribes revolted and formed the northern kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam, leaving Rehoboam to rule only Judah and Benjamin. His reign marks the beginning of the divided kingdom era.
but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.1 Kings 12:17 · Berean Standard Bible
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
Seven hundred wives turn his heart after other gods. The wisest man alive becomes the textbook case for how compromise destroys from within.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said, “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve…
Rehoboam listens to young advisors and threatens heavier burdens. Ten tribes walk away. The united kingdom dies in a single conversation.
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
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Rehoboam is generation 35 of the 64 Scripture traces from Adam to Jesus, following Jesse → David → Solomon, and followed by Abijah → Asa → Jehoshaphat. See the whole line.
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