1 Kings 14:21-24 - Rehoboam Reigns In Judah
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.
22 The people of Judah sinned against Jehovah. They did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done. 23 They built places of worship for false gods. They put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees. 24 There were also male (cult) prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah practiced all the disgusting practices done by the nations that Jehovah forced out of the Israelites' way.