Especially was this the case in the training of the children born to him through marriage with idolatrous women. Rehoboam, the son whom Solomon chose to be his successor, had received from his mother, an Ammonitess, a stamp of character that led him to look upon sin as desirable. At times he endeavored to serve God, and was granted a measure of prosperity; but he was not steadfast, and at last he yielded to the influences for evil that had surrounded him from infancy (The Review and Herald, July 3, 1913).{2BC 1033.3}

Dette var særlig tilfældet da de børn han fik født ved afgudsdyrkende kvinder, blev oplært. Reoboam, den søn Salomon valgte som sin efterfølger, havde af en amoritinde, fået et karakterpræg der ledte ham til at se synd som ønskværdig. Nogle gange dristede han sig til at tjene Gud, og blev tilstået et mål af velstand; men han var ikke standhaftig, og til sidst gav han efter for onde påvirkninger, som omgav ham fra hans barndom (RH 3. juli, 1913).