1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. 1  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. 2 

1 Kings 15:10

15:10 He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. 3  His grandmother 4  was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 11:26

11:26 Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s servants, rebelled against 5  the king. He was an Ephraimite 6  from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away 7  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah 8  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 22:42

22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 9  His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

1 Kings 14:21

Rehoboam’s Reign over Judah

14:21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He 10  was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, 11  the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. 12  His mother was an Ammonite woman 13  named Naamah.

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2 sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

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4 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses the terms “father” and “mother” for grandparents and more remote ancestors.

5 tn Heb “raised a hand against.”

6 tn Heb “Ephrathite,” which here refers to an Ephraimite (see HALOT 81 s.v. אֶפְרַיִם).

7 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

8 tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

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11 tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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13 tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.”

14 tn Heb “an Ammonite”; the word “woman” is implied.