20. Jer o boam ruled for 22 years. Then he lay down in death with his ancestors. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.
21. Rehoboam, son of Solomon, ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel, the city where the Lord put his name. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammon ite woman named Naamah.
22. The people of Judah did what the Lord considered evil. Their sins made him more angry than anything their ancestors had done.
23. They built worship sites for themselves and ⌊put up⌋ large stones and Asherah poles to worship on every high hill and under every large tree.