children. sons.
was. Hebrew. hayah = became, or showed himself [to be young and weak].
young. Compare 2 Chronicles 10:8; 2 Chronicles 12:13.
Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 13:7
2 Chronicles 13:7
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.