Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageRehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GRechav'am slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother's name was Na'amah the Ammonit. And his son Aviyam reigned in his place.
KJV
King James VersionAnd Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAnd Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
Footnotes
Na'amah the Ammonit is mentioned again at Rechav'am's death as at his accession (v. 21)—a deliberate literary frame bracketing his entire reign. Her foreign identity contextualises his apostasy within Shlomo's covenant failures. The narrator holds two realities in tension: the Davidic line continues (Aviyam on the throne), yet the shadow of foreign entanglement and spiritual compromise continues with it. The name *Aviyam* ('My Father is the Sea'—or possibly a form of 'My Father is YHWH') is itself debated, a fitting ambiguity for a king whose allegiances will prove equally uncertain.
