A name from Scripture
Rehoboam
reh-hoh-BO-um
Meaning
He enlarges the people; A people has expanded
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 1 Kings
What it points to
Rehoboam — 'he enlarges the people' — actually divided them. His story teaches that leadership is not inherited but earned through wisdom, empathy, and the courage to listen to hard truths.
Verses · King James Version
“And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
1 Kings 12:14
“So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?”
1 Kings 12:16