Add parallel Print Page Options

20 Jeroboam ruled as king for 22 years. Then he died and was buried with his ancestors.[a] His son Nadab became the new king after him.

Rehoboam, King of Judah

21 Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, was 41 years old when he became king of Judah. Rehoboam ruled 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose for his own. He chose this city from all the other tribes of Israel. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah. She was an Ammonite.

22 The people of Judah did things that the Lord considered evil. They made him angry with all their sins—more than any of their ancestors had done.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 14:20 died … ancestors Literally, “slept with his ancestors.”

20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his ancestors. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.

Rehoboam King of Judah(A)

21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.(B)

22 Judah(C) did evil in the eyes of the Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger(D) more than those who were before them had done.

Read full chapter