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2 Chronicles 12:13

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞קvai.yit.cha.Zekand he strengthened himselfH2388
הַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
רְחַבְעָ֛םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he reignedH4427
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בֶן־ven-[was] a son ofH1121
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
וְאַחַ֣תve.'a.Chatand oneH259
שָׁנָה֩sha.Nahyear[s]H8141
רְחַבְעָ֨םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
בְּמָלְכ֜וֹbe.ma.le.Khowhen became king heH4427
וּֽשֲׁבַ֨עu.sha.Va'and seven-H7651
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה'es.RehteenH6240
שָׁנָ֣ה׀sha.Nahyear[s]H8141
מָלַ֣ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
הָ֠עִירHa.'irthe cityH5892
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whereH834
בָּחַ֨רba.Charhe had chosenH977
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לָשׂ֨וּםla.Sumto putH7760
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמ֥וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033
מִכֹּל֙mi.Kolfrom allH3605
שִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְשֵׁ֣םve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517
נַעֲמָ֖הna.'a.Mah[was] NaamahH5279
הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃Ha.'a.mo.Nitthe Ammonite [woman]H5984

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain