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The Death of Rehoboam

13 So King Rehoboam was strengthened in Jerusalem, and he reigned there. Now, Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh had chosen to put his name out of all the tribes of Israel. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite. 14 And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek Yahweh.

15 Now the words of Rehoboam from the first to the last, are they not written in the chronicles[a] of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer as a record? And there were battles between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their[b] days. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his ancestors,[c] and he was buried in the city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 12:15 Or “words”
  2. 2 Chronicles 12:15 Or “the”
  3. 2 Chronicles 12:16 Or “fathers”

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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.”
  2. 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.
  3. 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 12:13 tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 2 Chronicles 12:14 tn Heb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 12:15 tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?”
  7. 2 Chronicles 12:16 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
  8. 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.