2 Chronicles 12:13-1

(cp. 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 14:29-31). Summary of Rehoboam's Reign

13. strengthened himself See note on 2 Chronicles 1:1. The immediate reference is to a recovery of strength after the departure of Shishak, the further reference is to 2 Chronicles 11:5.

one and forty years old … and he reigned seventeen years So read both Heb. and LXX. here and in 1 Kings 14:21, but in the additional passage which follows 1 Kings 12:14 in LXX. (B, not A) is read, sixteen years old … and twelve years he reigned. No importance however can be attached to this variation, for the passage which contains it is plainly Midrashic in character.

the city which the Lord had chosen Though the Ten Tribes were lost to the house of David, the Lord kept his oath to David by securing to his seed the possession of the one holy city of Israel.

Naamah an Ammonitess R.V. Naamah the Ammonitess.