²¹Solomon’s son Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshipped. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah from Ammon.

²²The people of Judah sinned against the Lord and did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done. ²³^*They built places of worship for false gods, and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees. ²⁴^*Worst of all, there were men and women who served as prostitutes at those pagan places of worship. The people of Judah practiced all the shameful things done by the people whom the Lord had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced into the country.

²⁵^*In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. ²⁶^*He took away all the treasures in the Temple and in the palace, including the gold shields Solomon had made. ²⁷To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates. ²⁸Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields, and then returned them to the guard-room.

²⁹Everything else that King Rehoboam did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. ³⁰During all this time Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly at war with each other. ³¹Rehoboam died and was buried in the royal tombs in David’s City, and his son Abijah succeeded him as king.

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Cross references

*14.23: 2 K 17:9, 10
*14.24: Dt 23:17
*14.25: 2 Ch 12:2–8
*14.26: 1 K 10:16, 17; 2 Ch 9:15, 16