As we come to the end of the record of Rehoboam’s reign, we find the same kind of formal language that we saw in regard to Jeroboam. There is the mention of the source for more information. There is a short statement that characterizes his reign politically and militarily, that he was at continual war with Jeroboam. There is also the mention of his death and burial.
It is noteworthy that, unlike the other kings mentioned in the narrative, his mother’s name appears in the conclusion of his story as well as at the beginning. The writer may have been underscoring the source of the entrance of idolatry in the kingdom as the unlawful foreign marriages of Solomon with pagan princesses.
29 Le reste des actions de Roboam, et tout ce qu'il a fait, cela n'est-il pas écrit dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?