So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
Þerfor kyng Roboam was coumfortid in Jerusalem, and regnede. Forsoþe he was of oon and fourti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnyde seuentene yeer in Jerusalem, þe citee which þe Lord chees of alle þe lynagis of Israel, þat he schulde conferme his name þere. Forsoþe þe name of his modir was Naama Amanytis.