And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
The story of Rehoboam's reign is here concluded, much as the story of the other reigns concludes. Two things especially are observable here: - 1. That he was at length pretty well fixed in his kingdom, Ch2 12:13. His fenced cities in Judah did not answer his expectation, so he now strengthened himself in Jerusalem, which he made it his business to fortify, and there...
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 12:13-16
Now the acts of Rehoboam,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on Kg1 14:29. Kg1 14:30. Kg1 14:31. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 13
2Ch 12:13-14 The length of Rehoboam’s reign, his mother, and the judgment about him. Cf. 1Ki 14:21 and 1Ki 14:22. ויּתחזּק here, as in 2Ch 13:21, can, in its connection with what precedes, be only understood to mean that Rehoboam, after his humiliation at the hands of Shishak, by which his kingdom was utterly weakened and almost destroyed, again gained strength and power. Cf.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 12:13-14