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| Name | REHOBOAM |
| Aliases | SON OF SOLOMON / KING OF JUDAH / THE ONE WHO SPURNED WISE COUNSEL |
| Status | DECEASED / THE KINGDOM DIVIDED IN HIS DAY / REIGNED SEVENTEEN YEARS |
| Birth | c. 972 BC | Marks & Identifiers | THE KING UNDER WHOM ISRAEL TORE IN TWO |
| Place of Birth | JERUSALEM | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | JUDAH | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF SOLOMON BY NAAMAH THE AMMONITE | People | JUDAH AND BENJAMIN |
| Occupation | KING OF JUDAH | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE HOUSE OF DAVID | Calling | KING WHO KEPT ONLY TWO TRIBES |
| Primary Mission | HOLD THE KINGDOM OF SOLOMON TOGETHER | Known Signs | THE HARSH ANSWER AT SHECHEM / THE REVOLT OF THE TEN TRIBES |
| Covenant Role | HEIR OF DAVID OVER A DIVIDED KINGDOM | Divine Access | INDIRECT / THE TURN OF EVENTS WAS OF THE LORD - 1 KGS 12:15 |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE DIVIDING KING |
| Covenant Status | WEAKENED / KINGDOM SPLIT | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | DIMINISHED | Threat Assessment | JEROBOAM / SHISHAK OF EGYPT / HIS OWN PRIDE |
| Mission Status | DIMINISHED / RULE HALVED AND PLUNDERED | Archive Category | MONARCHY / THE DIVIDED KINGDOM |
The counsel of the old men he rejected: SERVE THE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL SERVE YOU
His answer following the young men: MY LITTLE FINGER IS THICKER THAN MY FATHER'S WAIST
The subject, son of Solomon, came to Shechem to be made king over all Israel. The people, led by Jeroboam, asked him to lighten the heavy yoke of labor his father had laid on them.
He took three days to consider. The old men who had served Solomon counseled him to speak kindly and serve the people, but he forsook their advice and heeded the young men who had grown up with him.
He answered the people harshly, saying his father had chastised them with whips, but he would chastise them with scorpions. So ten tribes tore away under Jeroboam, and only Judah and Benjamin remained to the house of David.
This turn of events was of the LORD, to fulfill the word spoken against Solomon's idolatry. The subject would have made war to recover the north, but the LORD forbade it through the prophet Shemaiah.
When he and Judah forsook the law of the LORD, Shishak of Egypt came up and plundered the temple and palace. The subject and his princes humbled themselves, and the LORD did not destroy them, but he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
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- Reject the counsel of the wise, and you may tear your own house apart.
- Harshness toward those you lead breeds rebellion, not respect.
- Prosperity untethered from seeking God ends in humiliation.
