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Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from Ammon. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_kings/14-21.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_kings/14-21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_kings/14-21.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_kings/1.htm">1 Kings</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_kings/14.htm">Chapter 14</a> > Verse 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/14-20.htm" title="1 Kings 14:20">◄</a> 1 Kings 14:21 <a href="../1_kings/14-22.htm" title="1 Kings 14:22">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_kings/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_kings/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Solomon's son Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from Ammon. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Rehoboam 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 that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_kings/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Rehoboam son of Solomon was 41 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled 17 years from Jerusalem, the city where the LORD had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Rehoboam, son of Solomon, became king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which, out of all the tribes of Israel, the LORD chose to set his name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess.</p><p class="hdg">Rehoboam</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-43.htm">1 Kings 11:43</a> And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David, his father; and Roboam, his son, reigned in his stead.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/12-13.htm">2 Chronicles 12:13</a> King Roboam therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there: and the name of his mother was Naama an Ammonitess.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/13-7.htm">2 Chronicles 13:7</a> And there were gathered to him vain men, and children of Belial: and they prevailed against Roboam the son of Solomon: for Roboam was unexperienced, and of a fearful heart, and could not resist them.</p><p class="hdg">the city</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/8-16.htm">1 Kings 8:16,44</a> Since the day that I brought my people Israel, out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a> And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/78-68.htm">Psalm 78:68,69</a> But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/87-1.htm">Psalm 87:1,2</a> For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are the holy mountains: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/132-13.htm">Psalm 132:13,14</a> For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/12-6.htm">Isaiah 12:6</a> Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Sion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="hdg">to put his name</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a> You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5,21</a> But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it: . . . </p><p class="hdg">Naamah</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/14-31.htm">1 Kings 14:31</a> And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them, in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess: and Abiam, his son, reigned in his stead.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3</a> The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/12-13.htm">2 Chronicles 12:13</a> King Roboam therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there: and the name of his mother was Naama an Ammonitess.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_kings/14.htm">Rehoboam's Reign in Judah</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl">And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess.</span><span class="reftext">22</span>And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-32.htm">1 Kings 11:32</a></span><br />But one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my servant, David, and Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-36.htm">1 Kings 11:36</a></span><br />And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant, David, before me always in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-43.htm">1 Kings 11:43</a></span><br />And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David, his father; and Roboam, his son, reigned in his stead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/14-20.htm">1 Kings 14:20</a></span><br />And the days that Jeroboam reigned, were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers: and Nadab, his son, reigned in his stead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_kings/14-31.htm">1 Kings 14:31</a></span><br />And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them, in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess: and Abiam, his son, reigned in his stead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/12-13.htm">2 Chronicles 12:13</a></span><br />King Roboam therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there: 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