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2 Chronicles 12:13-16
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign…
I.HIS ANCESTRY.
1.The son of Solomon, the son of David.
2.The son ofNaamah the Ammonitess, the daughter of Hanun the son of Nahash (2 Chronicles 10:1).
II.
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HIS KINGDOM.
1. Its extent. Judah, with a portion of Benjamin.
2. Its capital.
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Jerusalem, the city of the great King.
III. HIS REIGN.
1. The beginning of it. When he was forty years of age.
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2. The length of it. Seventeen years; short in comparison with that of Solomon.
3. The character of it.
(1) Vigorous: "he strengthened himself" (ver.
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13).
(2) Idolatrous: "he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord" (ver. 14).
(3) Troubled: "there were wars continually between him and Jeroboam" (ver. 15).
4. The end of it. Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in t