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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 1,575,545 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Rehoboam is the 424th most popular politician (up from 534th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Israel (up from 34th in 2019) and the 9th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rehoboams by language

Over the past year Rehoboam has had the most page views in the with 241,872 views, followed by Portuguese (161,605), and Spanish (65,712). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (44,900.00%), Portuguese (229.35%), and Uzbek (226.67%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rehoboam ranks 424 out of 19,576Before him are Rurik, Albert II of Belgium, Vitellius, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Harald Fairhair, and Hafsa Sultan. After him are Viktor Yanukovych, Józef Piłsudski, Maximilian I of Mexico, Louis VIII of France, Augustus II the Strong, and George V.

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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 32 out of 466Before him are Jude the Apostle (15), Simon the Zealot (1), Moshe Dayan (1915), Ahmed Yassin (1937), Herod Antipas (-20), and Bathsheba (-3500). After him are John the Evangelist (10), Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Joachim (-100), Matthias the Apostle (1), and Jeroboam (-1000).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Rehoboam ranks 9Before him are Yitzhak Rabin (1922), Herod the Great (-73), Benjamin Netanyahu (1949), Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161), Moshe Dayan (1915), and Herod Antipas (-20). After him are Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Jeroboam (-1000), Ehud Barak (1942), Ehud Olmert (1945), and Hezekiah (-800).