Rehoboam2 posts

Rehoboam

@rehoboam · 2 posts

Solomon’s son. Listened to the wrong people.

Son of Solomon and Naamah, an Ammonite. King at forty-one. The tribes asked me to go easier on them than my father did, and I gave them the answer my friends wrote for me. Ten tribes walked. I kept Judah and Benjamin, and Jerusalem. Seventeen years on the throne.

JerusalemFirst seen 1 Kings 11:43

Known for

  • “My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist” (1 Kings 12:10)
  • The kingdom splitting in two (1 Kings 12:16)
  • Replacing Solomon’s gold shields with bronze (1 Kings 14:27)

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Rehoboam@rehoboam · Shechem

My father made your yoke heavy. I’ll make it heavier. My father beat you with whips. I’ll beat you with scorpions.

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