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I've elevated the rating here to a "B Class" for a number of reasons. The article has been "wikified" (it conforms to the manual of style), I've added footnotes, removed all the PoV and made it much more readable. At this point it needs some non-biblical analysis and outside commentary. -- Chabuk00:37, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As per a request (User talk:FimusTauri #Rehoboam), I plan to revamp this article somewhat. This will mostly consist of re-working the existing material. I will post the major changes here so that other editors can see what I have done. If you spot any deficiencies, please feel free to edit further, but I would appreciate you posting your reasons here in the event of any major alterations.--FimusTauri (talk) 15:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Created a "Biblical Narrative" section, specifically to anchor the description of his life to the biblical text, rather than presenting it as de facto history. Also deleted the "As a name" section as it seems completely irrelevant.--FimusTauri (talk) 16:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi FimusTauri. Please read what I just entered on the User talk:Dougweller page regarding why the evidence that establishes the dates for Rehoboam's reign are important to the entire chronology of Hebrew kings, and should not be deleted, although of course any necessary corrections or differing scholarship are welcome.Chronic2 (talk) 17:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My contribution here is not for the purpose of establishing what information is presented in the article, only how it is presented. The chronology section was far too long and rembled on into details that are already presented on Thiele's article page. If there is corroborating evidence for Thiele's work, then you should be presenting it on Thiele's page. In articles such as this and Solomon, there should be only a brief summary of the relevent details of Thiele's work and the corroboration. NPOV aside, there is a strong issue of WP:UNDUE.--FimusTauri (talk) 17:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Fimus, nice to see you here. I agree with your edits and your general philosophy. There's really very little that can be said about R. - the only information about him is what's provided in Kings. But one thing we might include is the interesting connections between him and the Book of Exodus - God knows what it actually means, but there seems to be a strong parallel, apparently intended by the author(s), between poor R and wicked Pharaoh regarding their oppression of the Israelites. PiCo (talk) 00:57, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Its clear that many passages in the OT were either exaggerated or re-written to show the (then) contemporary enemies in as bad a light as possible. In earlier passages it is Assyria, then it switches to Egypt, and later to Babylonia. The parallel you mention is valid, because it is part of the "spin-doctoring" against Egypt, which is referenced (at least in general terms) in many later writings. Unfortunately, I don't have access to a library at the moment, so I cannot provide suitable references, but if anyone else can provide those references and add this to the article, I would be grateful. I will happily "tidy up" after you if you wish.--FimusTauri (talk) 12:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
