1 Kings 14:21-15:8

English Standard Version

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

^21 (A)Now 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, ^(B)the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. ^(C)His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. ^22 (D)And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they ^(E)provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. ²³ For they also built for themselves ^(F)high places ^(G)and pillars and ^(H)Asherim on every high hill and ^(I)under every green tree, ²⁴ and there were also ^(J)male 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 (K)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. ²⁶ He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. ^(L)He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold ^(M)that Solomon had made, ²⁷ and 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. ²⁸ And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.

^29 (N)Now 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 (O)And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. ³¹ And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. ^(P)His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. And ^(Q)Abijam his son reigned in his place.

Abijam Reigns in Judah

15 ^(R)Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. ² He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. ³ And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and ^(S)his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. ⁴ Nevertheless, for David's sake the Lord his God gave him ^(T)a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem, ⁵ because ^(U)David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, ^(V)except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. ^6 (W)Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. ^7 (X)The rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ^(Y)And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. ^8 (Z)And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.