Question: Name the son of Solomon who inherited his throne.
Answer: Rehoboam. (I Kings 14:21)
Comments: Rehoboam succeeded his father Solomon as King of Israel. In direct response to Rehoboam's authority, the ten northern tribes rebelled. As such, Rehoboam was the first king of Judah.
Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. (I Kings 14:21, NASB)
There would never be a united Israel again in the Biblical era. Ironically, Rehoboam's name means "he who enlarges the people."
Note: This cartoon was created by Jack Pittman. It depicts the clash between Rehoboam and Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom.
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