Naamah

He was 41 years old when he became king, and he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name.

Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon.

But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the Lord with all his heart.

And that right there led to his actions, right? So am I seeking the Lord with all my heart? The rest of the events of Rehoboam's reign from beginning to end are recorded in the record of Shimea the prophet and the record of Edo the seer, which are part of the genealogical record.

Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there.

His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and asherim on every high hill and under every green tree.

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David.

His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

And Abijam his son reigned in his place.

[Hebrew] The late great Rabbi Jerry Acker, [Hebrew], as well as the [Hebrew].

And today's shiur also is dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Sal Bloom in memory of Mrs. Bloom's, uh, mother, Leah Bas Nissan.

Uh, uh, the neshamah should have an aliyah.

Mr. and Mrs. Bloom should continue to observe the yahrtzeit, uh, with tov, tam, and va-das, with bracha ve-hatzlacha kol yameihem, and, uh, ad vasgo tzedek vehalah.

Today we covered Sefer Melachim Alef, Perek Yud Dalet, and in it, we, uh, we're-- return to learn about Rechavam Ben Shlomo.

Rechavam, whom we meet, uh, twice in this Perek, uh, in Perek Yud Dalet, Pasuk Kaf Alef.

We're told that when he took over the reins that his, uh, mother was Naamah HaAmmonit.

At the end of his life, again, we are told he-- she, uh-- she exists-- she is Naamah HaAmmonit.

This act symbolized a departure from the standard established by the Lord and inaugurated a period of spiritual decline that would affect the entire kingdom.

The most emblematic case of Ammonite infiltration in Israel was that of Naamah, an Ammonite woman who became Solomon's wife and the mother of Rehoboam, heir to the throne.

To please her, the king made dangerous concessions, allowing the construction of altars in Jerusalem dedicated to Milcom and other foreign gods.

The gravity of this act is enormous.

It is a story shaped by love, power, and far-reaching consequences, events that altered the course of sacred history.

Despite having a thousand women, biblical records mention only one legitimate son, Rehoboam, born of Naamah the Ammonite.

However, scholars believe dozens of princes and princesses were born in the royal harem.

Each birth was more than a family event.

Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there.

His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill and under every green tree; and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land.

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David.

His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

And Abijam his son reigned in his place.