Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 12:13-14 דברי הימים ב י״ב:י״ג-י״ד
Part of: Chapter 12
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וַיִּתְחַזֵּק הַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיִּמְלֹךְ כִּי בֶן־אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה רְחַבְעָם בְּמׇלְכוֹ וּֽשְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה ׀ מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַר יְהֹוָה לָשׂוּם אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נַעֲמָה הָעַמֹּנִֽית׃
So king Reĥav῾am strengthened himself in Yerushalayim, and reigned: for Reĥav῾am was forty one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Yerushalayim, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Yisra᾽el to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Na῾ama an ῾Ammonite woman.
So king Reĥav῾am strengthened himself in Yerushalayim, and reigned: for Reĥav῾am was forty one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Yerushalayim, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Yisra᾽el to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Na῾ama an ῾Ammonite woman.
Rashi
העיר אשר בחר ה' לשום את שמו שם מכל שבטי ישראל. אלא שנתקלקלו במעשיהם כדכתיב ויעש הרע כי לא הכין לבו לדרוש את ה' וגרמו שנסתלקה שכינה מהם וכאלו קובל ומפיגין על כך:
the city that the Lord had chosen wherein to place His name, out of all the tribes of Israel but they deteriorated in their deeds, as it is written: “And he did that which was evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord,” and they caused the Shechinah to leave them, and it was as if they were complaining and demonstrating about that.
וַיַּעַשׂ הָרָע כִּי לֹא הֵכִין לִבּוֹ לִדְרוֹשׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃ {ס}
And he did evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
And he did evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
ויתחזק המלך רחבעם. ומפרש למה שהרי כשהומלך תחילה היה בן מ"א לפיכך היה בו כח וחוזק להתחזק מעצמו כי היה בן שנה כשמת דוד שהרי שלמה מלך מ' שנה ושלמה עדיין לא מלך כשנולד רחבעם נמצא שרחבעם היה בן מ"א כשמלך:
And King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem And he explains why, because when he was first made king, he was forty-one years old; therefore, he had the strength and the power to strengthen himself. He was a year old when David died, for Solomon reigned forty years, and Solomon had not yet reigned when Rehoboam was born. We find that Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he reigned.