The City of God · Character
Rehoboam
Son of Solomon, whose harsh rule caused the division of the kingdom of Israel.
minor
Also known as Israel, Rehoboam, O Israel
First appearance: part i book i
Rehoboam shows up with force in Book XVII: The Prophetic Age and the City of God. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Son of Solomon, first king of Judah after the division of the kingdom.
Rehoboam first appears in 0002 part i book i.
In Book XVII: The Prophetic Age and the City of God: Son of Solomon, first king of Judah after the division of the kingdom.
Later, in Of the kings after Solomon, both in Judah and Israel: Son of Solomon, first king of Judah in Jerusalem after the division.
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- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
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- Priest and Prophet
- Roman Founders and Tyrants
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- Book XVII: The Prophetic Age and the City of God
- Of the kings after Solomon, both in Judah and Israel
- Of the varying condition of both the Hebrew kingdoms, until the people of both were at different times led into captivity, Judah being afterwards recalled into his kingdom, which finally passed into the power of the Romans.
- Of the succession of the line of kings among the Israelites after the times of the judges
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