²⁰ After her, he married Maacah daughter^[a](A) of Absalom. She bore Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith to him.

²² Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief, leader among his brothers, intending to make him king.^(A)

¹⁶ Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Abijah^[a](A) became king in his place.

Rehoboam’s Last Days

¹³ King Rehoboam^(A) established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name.^(B) Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

14 Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place.^(A) During his reign the land experienced peace for ten years.