Discovery Box1 Kings 14:21 
ContextRehoboam’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.
1 Kings 14:31
Context14:31 Rehoboam passed away 5 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah 6 replaced him as king.
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 The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.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 “lay down with his fathers.”
6 tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.
