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.

Bible References

For rehoboam

2 Chronicles 13:7
Later he organized a group of worthless scoundrels. They forced their will on Rehoboam son of Solomon, who was too young and inexperienced to resist them.
1 Kings 14:21
Solomon's son Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king of Judah. He ruled seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city Jehovah chose from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from Ammon.

The city

2 Chronicles 6:6
Now I have chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name. I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.
Psalm 48:1
([Sons of Korah]) Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, his sacred mountain.
Psalm 78:68
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion he loved.

An ammonitess

Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Jehovah. Their descendants to the tenth generation shall not enter the assembly of Jehovah.
1 Kings 11:1
Solomon loved many women. They were of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.
Nehemiah 13:1
On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses while the people listened. They heard that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God at any time.