2 Chronicles 12:13

¶ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

So king {H4428} Rehoboam {H7346} strengthened {H2388} himself in Jerusalem {H3389}, and reigned {H4427}: for Rehoboam {H7346} was one {H259} and forty {H705} years {H8141} old {H1121} when he began to reign {H4427}, and he reigned {H4427} seventeen {H7651}{H6240} years {H8141} in Jerusalem {H3389}, the city {H5892} which the LORD {H3068} had chosen {H977} out of all the tribes {H7626} of Israel {H3478}, to put {H7760} his name {H8034} there. And his mother's {H517} name {H8034} was Naamah {H5279} an Ammonitess {H5985}.

So King Rechav'am consolidated his rule in Yerushalayim. Rechav'am was forty-one years old when he began his reign; and he ruled seventeen years in Yerushalayim, the city ADONAI had chosen from all the tribes of Isra'el to bear his name; his mother's name was Na'amah the 'Amonit.

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 14:21 (5 votes)

    ¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Naamah an Ammonitess.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:6 (4 votes)

    But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 12:5 (4 votes)

    ¶ But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

  • 2 Chronicles 13:7 (3 votes)

    And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

  • Nehemiah 13:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

  • 1 Kings 11:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites;

  • Psalms 78:68 (3 votes)

    But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.