2 Chronicles 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned there seventeen years, having begun his reign when he was forty-one years old. His mother was an Ammonitess. When Shishak invaded, he and the leaders of Judah humbled themselves, and God therefore delivered them from destruction, though He left them to become servants of Egypt.
He was not steadfast in serving God, for although at times he served Him and was granted a measure of prosperity, he did not continue faithfully. The evil influences that had surrounded him from childhood drew him into sin. He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.