2 Chronicles 12:13

13 King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. 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 Ammonite woman named Naamah.)

2 Chronicles 12:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:13

So Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem
Fortified that yet more for the defence of himself, after Shishak departed:

and reigned;
twelve years more, for he reigned in all seventeen, and this was in his fifth year; of what follows in this verse, (See Gill on 1 Kings 14:21).

2 Chronicles 12:13 In-Context

11 Whenever the king went into the LORD's temple, guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

12 After Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD was no longer angry with him and didn't completely destroy him. So things went well in Judah.

13 King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. 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 Ammonite woman named Naamah.)

14 He did evil things because he was not serious about dedicating himself to serving the LORD.

15 Aren't the events concerning Rehoboam from first to last written in the records of the prophet Shemaiah and the records of the seer Iddo in the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as they lived.