Son of Solomon, and successor to his kingdom. His name seems to be a compound of Rehob and Am, the people—probably derived from Rachab, and if so, it will be the enlargement of the people. We have his history at large from 1 Kings 11:43, where it begins, to the rebellion against him by Jeroboam, where it ends in his death, 1 Kings 14:31.
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