15 “The Lord will strike Israel like cattails which shake in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which he gave their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River because they dedicated poles to the goddess Asherah and made the Lord furious.
16 So the Lord will desert Israel because of Jer o boam’s sins, the sins which he led Israel to commit.”
17 Jer o boam’s wife got up, left, and went to Tirzah. When she walked across the threshold of her home, the boy died.
18 All Israel buried him and mourned for him as the Lord had said through his servant, the prophet Ahijah.
19 Everything else concerning Jer o boam, his wars, and his reign is written in the official records of the kings of Israel.
20 Jer o boam ruled for 22 years. Then he lay down in death with his ancestors. His son Nadab succeeded him as king.
21 Rehoboam, son of Solomon, ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel, the city where the Lord put his name. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammon ite woman named Naamah.