2 Chronicles 12:13-16
New English Translation
13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem;[a] he[b] was forty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home.[c] Rehoboam’s[d] mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. 14 He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.[e]
15 The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded[f] in the Annals of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer that include genealogical records. There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 16 Then Rehoboam passed away[g] and was buried in the City of David.[h] His son Abijah replaced him as king.
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- 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 12:14 tn Heb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:15 tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”
- 2 Chronicles 12:16 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:16 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
2 Chronicles 12:13-16
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Death of Rehoboam
13 So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign; 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.(A) 14 He did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.(B)
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of the prophet Shemaiah and of the seer Iddo, recorded by genealogy? There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.(C) 16 Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David, and his son Abijah succeeded him.(D)
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