1 Kings 14:21-31

Evangelical Heritage Version

Rehoboam’s Reign

²¹ Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his Name there. The name of Rehoboam’s mother was Na’amah the Ammonite.

²² Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and they provoked him to anger more than all their fathers had done with the sins that they committed. ²³ They built for themselves high places, sacred memorial stones, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every leafy tree. ²⁴ There were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They practiced all the abominations of the nations which the Lord had driven out before the people of Israel.

²⁵ In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. ²⁶ He took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. ²⁷ So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them, and he entrusted them to the captains of the guard who were keeping watch at the entrance of the king’s palace. ²⁸ Whenever the king went to the House of the Lord, the guards would carry the shields. Then the guards would return them to the armory.

²⁹ As for the rest of Rehoboam’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah? ³⁰ There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. ³¹ Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the City of David. The name of his mother was Na’amah the Ammonite. Then his son Abijam became king in his place.