| Rehoboam רְחַבְעָם | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Detail of Rehoboam from a mural (1530) by Hans Holbein the Younger | |
| King of Israel | |
| Reign | c. 931 BCE |
| Predecessor | Solomon |
| Successor | Position abolished |
| King of Judah | |
| Reign | c. 931–913 BCE |
| Successor | Abijah |
| Born | c. 972 BCE |
| Died | c. 913 BCE |
| Spouse | Mahalath Maacah Abihail 16 other wives 60 concubines |
| Issue | Jeush Shemariah Zaham Abijah Attai Ziza Shelomith 21 other sons 60 daughters |
| House | House of David |
| Father | Solomon |
| Mother | Naamah |
Rehoboam (/ˌriːəˈboʊ.əm/; Hebrew: רְחַבְעָם, Rəḥaḇʿām, transl. "an enlarged people"; Greek: Ροβοάμ, Roboam; Latin: Roboam) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the Kingdom of Judah after the split of the united Kingdom of Israel. 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.
