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, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
Judah did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.