Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
For rehoboam
The city
An ammonitess
Bible References
For rehoboam
2 Chronicles 13:7
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young, inexperienced, and unable to assert himself against them.
1 Kings 14:21
Now Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king; he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
The city
2 Chronicles 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem
so that My name will be there,
and I have chosen David
to be over My people Israel.”
so that My name will be there,
and I have chosen David
to be over My people Israel.”
Psalm 48:1
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,
Psalm 78:68 He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.
Mount Zion, which He loved.
An ammonitess
Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.
1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women
Nehemiah 13:1
At that time the book of Moses was read publicly to the people. The command was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,