20 And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

21 (A)Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, (B)the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. (C)His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. 22 (D)And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they (E)provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

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