So King Rehobo'am established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehobo'am was forty-one 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. His mother's name was Na'amah the Ammonitess.
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(b) SUMMING UP OF THE REIGN (2 Chronicles 12:13–16). (Compare to 1 Kings 14:21–22, [Reference 1 K…
Charles Spurgeon
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So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigne…
John Gill
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So Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem
Fortified it yet more for the defence of himself, after Shishak depart…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very comm…
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Charles Ellicott
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