Naama was an Ammonite woman who became one of King Solomon's wives. She is best known as the mother of Rehoboam, who succeeded Solomon as king over Judah. Her foreign origin is mentioned as part of the broader issue of Solomon's foreign wives that led him away from the Lord.
2women from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You shall not intermarry with them, and they shall not intermarry with you, for they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." Yet Solomon clung to them in love.
Naama gave birth to Rehoboam, who would become the next king of Judah after Solomon. Her Ammonite background is explicitly mentioned in connection with Rehoboam's reign.
21Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel as the place for his name. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
31Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite, and his son Abijam succeeded him as king.
Solomon's foreign wives, including Ammonite women like Naama, turned his heart away from the Lord to worship foreign gods, among them Milcom, the god of the Ammonites.
4So it was that when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was no longer wholly true to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
13King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued to reign. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his name. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
Rehoboam son of Naaman ruled so harshly that the northern tribes broke away and formed their own kingdom under Jeroboam, leaving only Judah and Benjamin under David's dynasty.
16When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king: "What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Look to your own house now, David!" So Israel went off to their tents.
20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.