nsb - 1Kings:14:21-31

nsb@1Kings:14:21 @ Solomon's son Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah. He ruled seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city Jehovah chose from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from Ammon.

nsb@1Kings:14:22 @ The people of Judah sinned against Jehovah. They did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done.

nsb@1Kings:14:23 @ They built places of worship for false gods. They put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.

nsb@1Kings:14:24 @ There were also male prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah practiced all the disgusting practices done by the nations that Jehovah forced out of the Israelites' way.

nsb@1Kings:14:25 @ King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of Rehoboams reign.

nsb@1Kings:14:26 @ He took the treasures from Jehovahs Temple and the royal palace. He took them all. He took all the gold shields Solomon had made.

nsb@1Kings:14:27 @ King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.

nsb@1Kings:14:28 @ The guards carried the shields every time the king went to the Temple and then returned them to the guardroom.

nsb@1Kings:14:29 @ The rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and everything he did are recorded in the book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

nsb@1Kings:14:30 @ There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

nsb@1Kings:14:31 @ Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David. His mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman. And Abijam his son became king in his place.