1 Kings 14:21–31

JUDAH’S KING REHOBOAM

²¹Now Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, reigned in Judah.ⁿ Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name.^o Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.^p

²²Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.^q They provoked him to jealous anger^r more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed. ²³They also built for themselves high places,^s sacred pillars,^t and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; ²⁴there were even male cult prostitutes in the land.^u They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.^v

²⁵In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt^w went to war against Jerusalem.^{x 26}He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.^{y 27}King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards^Az who protected the entrance to the king’s palace. ²⁸Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would carry the shields, then they would take them back to the armory.^Baa

²⁹The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign,^ab along with all his accomplishments, are written about in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. ³⁰There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their reigns.^{ac 31}Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.^ad His son Abijam^ae became king in his place.