NET Bible
"He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD."
— 2 Chronicles 12:14, NET Bible
“And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.”
“And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah. ”
“He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.”
“But he did evil, and did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord.”
“And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.”
“And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.”
Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.
King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.
He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD.
The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the Seer that include genealogical records. There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.