Rehoboam

Rehoboam 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.

Quotes

[To the tribes of Israel] And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’
- 1 Kings 12,11 (NKJV).

Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you [Jeoroboam]. [...] But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand [Rehoboam] and give it to you—ten tribes. And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
- Ahijah the Shilonite, 1 Kings 11,31;35-36 (NKJV).

And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 12,14 (NKJV).

Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel along with him. And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 12,1-2 (NKJV).

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had made. Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house. [...] When he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and things also went well in Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 12,910;12 (NKJV).