His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.

Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God.

Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, for the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly.

Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

Jehoram took control of his father’s kingdom and became powerful. Then he killed all his brothers, as well as some of the officials of Israel.

Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.