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Now Rehoboam the son of Solomonreigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one*yearsold when he becameking, and he reignedseventeen*years in Jerusalem, the citywhich the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His namethere. And his mother'sname was Naamah the Ammonitess.
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There were alsomalecultprostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nationswhich the LORDdispossessedbefore* the sons of Israel.
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He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king'shouse, and he tookeverything, even takingall the shields of goldwhichSolomon had made.
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So KingRehoboammadeshields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king'shouse.
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Then it happened as often as the kingentered the house of the LORD, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards'room.
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And Rehoboamslept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother'sname was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his sonbecameking in his place.