Bible Names

Rehoboam: meaning of the name

Rehoboam means “who sets the people at liberty.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Rehoboam in Hebrew and Greek

רְחַבְעָם H7346

Rᵉchabʻâm (rekh-ab-awm') — Rechabam, an Israelite king

from H7337 (רָחַב) and H5971 (עַם); a people has enlarged;

Who named Rehoboam in the Bible

Rehoboam in Scripture

“Rehoboam” appears in 41 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Kings 11:43

    And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 12:1

    And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • 1 Kings 12:3

    That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

  • 1 Kings 12:6

    And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

  • 1 Kings 12:12

    So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

  • 1 Kings 12:17

    But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

  • 1 Kings 12:18

    Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kings 12:21

    And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.