²⁰ The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years, and he slept with his ancestors.^[a] Then Nadab his son became king in place of him.

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

²¹ Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which, from all of the tribes of Israel, Yahweh chose to place his name. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess. ²² But Judah did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they annoyed him more than their fathers^[b] did with their sins that they had committed.