21. Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
22. During Rehoboam’s reign, the people of Judah did what was evil in the lord’s sight, provoking his anger with their sin, for it was even worse than that of their ancestors.
23. For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.