12. Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the lord’s anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land of Judah.
13. King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. 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, a woman from Ammon.
14. But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the lord with all his heart.
15. The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.
16. When Rehoboam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Abijah became the next king.