the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. 1 Kings 11:43.
(often lowercase) a large wine bottle, used especially for champagne, equivalent to 6 regular bottles or 4.8 liters (5 quarts).
From Late Latin Roboam, from Greek Rhoboám, from Hebrew Rəḥabhʿām “(The deity) enlarges the people; the people are enlarged”; Rehoboam def. 2 was first recorded in 1840–45
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“Westworld” featured Solomon and Rehoboam, two biblically named godlike sentient beings who were curating the human race’s future, while “Devs” merely found a way to visit the past.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2020
"So many of my memories were ugly, but the things I held onto until the end weren't the ugly ones," Dolores says to Maeve before Rehoboam erases her final memories and she flickers out.
From Salon • May 4, 2020
Rehoboam is representative of a broader shift that “Westworld” makes in Season 3, from the allegorical to the more nearly literal.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2020
King Rehoboam incited a division in the nation that was never healed.
From Time • Mar. 15, 2016
The reigns of Rehoboam and Abijah marked a decline indicated by the Egyptian invasion and the growth of idolatry.
From Studies in Old Testament History by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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