^13 (A)So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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.

^6 (A)but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, ^(B)and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

⁵ But you shall seek ^(A)the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation^[a] there. There you shall go,

³⁵ The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And ^(A)the name of the city from that time on shall be, ^(B)The Lord Is There.”

Zion, the City of Our God

A Song. A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah.

^26 (A)Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? ^(B)Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was ^(C)beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.

Nehemiah's Final Reforms

13 On that day ^(A)they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written ^(B)that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,