1 Kings 14:21-22

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

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 Kings 14:27

14:27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard 7  who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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 The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.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 Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

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.”

7 tn Heb “runners.”