# Rehoboam — The City of God character guide

> Rehoboam in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Israel, Rehoboam, O Israel

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Son of Solomon, whose harsh rule caused the division of the kingdom of Israel.

## In the story

### [Book XVII: The Prophetic Age and the City of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-book-xvii)

Son of Solomon, first king of Judah after the division of the kingdom.

### [Of the kings after Solomon, both in Judah and Israel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi)

Son of Solomon, first king of Judah in Jerusalem after the division.

### [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.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii)

Implied as the first king of the divided kingdom of Judah after Solomon.

### [Of the succession of the line of kings among the Israelites after the times of the judges](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xx)

Son of Solomon, under whom the kingdom divided into two

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