14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He 1 was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, 2 the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 3 His mother was an Ammonite woman 4 named Naamah.
14:22 Judah did evil in the sight of 5 the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. 6
1 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “the city where the
4 tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
6 tn Heb “and they made him jealous more than all which their fathers had done by their sins which they sinned.”