1 Kings 14:21–31

Judah’s King Rehoboam

²¹Now Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, reigned in Judah. ^oRehoboam was 41 years old when he became king; he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name. ^pRehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. ^q

²²Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. ^rThey provoked Him to jealous anger ^smore than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed. ²³They also built for themselves high places, ^tsacred pillars, ^uand Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; ²⁴there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. ^vThey imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites. ^w

²⁵In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt ^xwent to war against Jerusalem. ^y26He 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. ^z27King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them into the care of the captains of the royal escorts ^abwho guarded the entrance to the king’s palace. ²⁸Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the royal escorts would carry the shields, then they would take them back to the royal escorts’ armory. ^c

²⁹The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, ^dalong 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. ^e31Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. ^fHis son Abijam ^ghbecame king in his place.