And it
came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the
kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook
the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
02 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of
king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed
against the Lord,
03 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore
thousand horsemen: and the people were without
number that came with him out of Egypt; the
Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
04 And he took the fenced cities which pertained
to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
05 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,
and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered
together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and
said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have
forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you
in the hand of Shishak.
06 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king
humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is
righteous.
07 And when the Lord saw that they humbled
themselves, the word of the Lord came to
Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves;
therefore I will not destroy them, but I will
grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall
not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of
Shishak.
08 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that
they may know my service, and the service of the
kingdoms of the countries.
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09 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and the treasures of the
king's house; he took all: he carried away also
the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of
brass, and committed them to the hands of the
chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the
king's house.
11 And when the king entered into the house of
the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and
brought them again into the guard chamber.
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the
Lord turned from him, that he would not destroy
him altogether: and also in Judah things went
well.
13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in
Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and
forty 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. And his
mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his
heart to seek the Lord.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are
they not written in the book of Shemaiah the
prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son
reigned in his stead.
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