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Rehoboam

972 BC - 914 BC

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Rehoboam (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rehoboam has received more than 1,596,058 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Rehoboam is the 535th most popular politician (up from 912th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Israel (up from 58th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Israeli Politician.

Rehoboam is most famous for being the first king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. He was the son of King Solomon and the grandson of King David. He became king of Israel in 930 BC and Judah in 928 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rehoboam ranks 535 out of 15,577Before him are John Hunyadi, Alexander IV of Macedon, Sonia Gandhi, Sergio Mattarella, Anthony Eden, and Theodosius II. After him are Franz von Papen, Ahmose I, Emperor Wu of Han, Gideon, Philip III of France, and Nizam al-Mulk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 972 BC, Rehoboam ranks 1 Among people deceased in 914 BC, Rehoboam ranks 1

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Rehoboam ranks 36 out of 430Before him are Herod Antipas (-20), Bathsheba (-3500), Goliath (-1060), Eusebius (265), John the Evangelist (10), and Moshe Dayan (1915). After him are Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Joachim (-100), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), and Hezekiah (-800).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Rehoboam ranks 8Before him are Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Ariel Sharon (1928), Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Herod Antipas (-20), Goliath (-1060), and Moshe Dayan (1915). After him are Mahmoud Abbas (1935), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Hezekiah (-800), Jeroboam (-1000), and Josiah (-648).