1 Kings 14:21-31

Names of God Bible

King Rehoboam of Judah^(A)

²¹ Rehoboam, son of Solomon, ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, the city that Yahweh chose from all the tribes of Israel, the city where Yahweh put his name. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

²² The people of Judah did what Yahweh considered evil. Their sins made him more angry than anything their ancestors had done. ²³ They built worship sites for themselves and put up large stones and Asherah poles to worship on every high hill and under every large tree. ²⁴ There were even male prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah did all the disgusting practices done by the nations that Yahweh had forced out of the Israelites’ way.

King Shishak Takes the Temple Treasures^(B)

²⁵ In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. ²⁶ He took the treasures from Yahweh’s temple and the royal palace. He took them all. He took all the gold shields Solomon had made. ²⁷ So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and put them by the entrance to the royal palace, where the captains of the guards were stationed. ²⁸ Whenever the king went into Yahweh’s temple, guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

²⁹ Isn’t everything else concerning Rehoboam—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? ³⁰ There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as they lived. ³¹ Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. (His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.) His son Abijam succeeded him as king.