1 Kings 14:22
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
The wrongdoing of Judah was committed during the reign of Rehoboam, whose character had been molded from childhood by corrupting influences. Chief among those influences was his mother, an Ammonitess, whose training led him to look upon sin as attractive and desirable. Rehoboam did at times serve God, and in those seasons he knew a measure of prosperity. Yet his obedience was not firm or steadfast, and in the end he surrendered to the evil tendencies implanted in his youth.