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11 Now it happened that as often as the king entered the house of Yahweh, the [a]guards would come and carry them and then bring them back into the [b]guards’ room. 12 And (A)when he humbled himself, the anger of Yahweh turned away from him, so as not to ruin him completely; and also conditions (B)were good in Judah.

13 (C)So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 12:11 Lit runners
  2. 2 Chronicles 12:11 Lit runners