1 Kings 14:21-31
Rehoboam Reigns in Judah
21 aNow Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, bthe city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. cHis mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. 22 dAnd Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they eprovoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. 23For they also built for themselves fhigh places gand pillars and hAsherim on every high hill and iunder every green tree, 24and there were also jmale cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.25 kIn the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house. lHe took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold mthat Solomon had made, 27and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. 28And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.
29 nNow the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 30 oAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. pHis mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And qAbijam his son reigned in his place.
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