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1 When
the kingdom of
Rehoboam was
established and he
was strong, he
abandoned the
LORD’s law, and
all Israel with
him.
2 In
the fifth year
of King Rehoboam,
Shishak king of
Egypt came up
against Jerusalem,
because they had
trespassed against
the LORD,
3 with twelve
hundred chariots
and sixty thousand
horsemen. The
people were without
number who came
with him out of
Egypt: the Lubim,
the Sukkiim, and
the Ethiopians.
4 He
took the fortified
cities which belonged
to Judah, and
came to Jerusalem.
5 Now
Shemaiah the
prophet came to
Rehoboam and to
the princes of
Judah, who
were gathered together to
Jerusalem because
of Shishak,
and said to them,
“The LORD says, ‘You
have forsaken me,
therefore I have
also left you
in the hand
of Shishak.’ ”
6 Then
the princes of
Israel and the
king humbled
themselves; and
they said, “The
LORD is righteous.”
7 When
the LORD saw
that they humbled
themselves, the
LORD’s word came
to Shemaiah,
saying, “They have
humbled themselves.
I will not
destroy them, but
I will grant
them some
deliverance, and
my wrath won’t be
poured out on
Jerusalem by the
hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless
they will be
his servants, that
they may know
my service, and
the service of
the kingdoms of
the countries.”
9 So
Shishak king of
Egypt came up
against Jerusalem
and took away
the treasures of
the LORD’s house
and the treasures
of the king’s
house. He took
it all away.
He also took
away the shields
of gold which
Solomon had made.
10 King
Rehoboam made
shields of bronze
in their place,
and committed them
to the hands
of the captains
of the guard,
who kept the
door of the
king’s house.
11 As
often as the
king entered into
the LORD’s house,
the guard came
and bore them,
then brought them
back into the
guard room.
12 When
he humbled himself,
the LORD’s wrath
turned from him,
so as not
to destroy him
altogether. Moreover,
there were good
things found in
Judah.
13 So
King Rehoboam
strengthened himself
in Jerusalem and
reigned; for
Rehoboam was forty-one
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.
His mother’s name
was Naamah the
Ammonitess.
14 He
did that which
was evil, because
he didn’t set his
heart to seek
the LORD.
15 Now
the acts of
Rehoboam, first
and last, aren’t they
written in
the histories of
Shemaiah the
prophet and of
Iddo the seer,
in the genealogies?
There were wars
between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam
continually.
16 Rehoboam
slept with
his fathers, and
was buried in
David’s city;
and Abijah his son
reigned in his
place.