rechavam · Rehoboam

What it means

rechavam (רְחַבְעָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Rehoboam”.

Son of Solomon and king after him; in his reign the kingdom was divided and he was left with only Judah and Benjamin (1 Kings 12–14).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×21
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×28

• 1 Kings 11:43

  And Solomon lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 12:1

  Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

• 1 Kings 12:3

  they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

• 1 Kings 12:6

  King Rehoboam sought counsel from the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”

• 1 Kings 12:12

  Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

• 1 Kings 12:17

  But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

• 1 Kings 12:18

  King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

• 1 Kings 12:21

  Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

• 1 Kings 12:23

  “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

• 1 Kings 12:27

  If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah; they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

• 1 Kings 14:21

  Now Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

• 1 Kings 14:25

  And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

• 1 Kings 14:27

  King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and entrusted them to the hand of the commanders of the runners who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

• 1 Kings 14:29

  The rest of the deeds of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

• 1 Kings 14:30

  And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days.

• 1 Kings 14:31

  Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 15:6

  And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

• 1 Chronicles 3:10

  And the son of Solomon: Rehoboam; Abijah, his son; Asa, his son; Jehoshaphat, his son;

• 2 Chronicles 9:31

  Solomon lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 10:1

  Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

• 2 Chronicles 10:3

  They sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 10:6

  King Rehoboam sought counsel from the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to answer this people?”

• 2 Chronicles 10:12

  Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

• 2 Chronicles 10:13

  The king answered them harshly; King Rehoboam abandoned the counsel of the elders,

• 2 Chronicles 10:17

  But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

• 2 Chronicles 10:18

  King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam hurried to get up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 11:1

  Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam.

• 2 Chronicles 11:3

  “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 11:5

  Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities as fortresses in Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 11:17

  They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and made firm Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.

• 2 Chronicles 11:18

  Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth son of David, and of Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

• 2 Chronicles 11:21

  Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines, for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

• 2 Chronicles 11:22

  Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as head, as leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

• 2 Chronicles 12:1

  And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, that he abandoned the instruction of YHWH, and all Israel with him.

• 2 Chronicles 12:2

  And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem— because they had been unfaithful to YHWH—

• 2 Chronicles 12:5

  Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says YHWH: ‘You have abandoned me, so I too have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”

• 2 Chronicles 12:10

  King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and entrusted them to the hand of the commanders of the runners who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

• 2 Chronicles 12:13

  King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

• 2 Chronicles 12:15

  The deeds of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, according to the genealogical record? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days.

• 2 Chronicles 12:16

  Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

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