2 Chronicles 12
12
Shishak of Egypt Invades Jerusalem
1And when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and when he was strengthened, he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him. 2And it happened that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam (for they had acted unfaithfully against Yahweh), Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3with one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And there was no number to the people who came up with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. 4And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and he came up to Jerusalem.
5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem from before Shishak. And he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘You yourselves have abandoned me, and I myself have surely abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’ ” 6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.” 7And when Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy. I will give to them some way of escape, that my anger not be poured out against Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8However, they shall be his servants, that they might know my service and the service of the kingdoms of other countries.”
9Then Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures out of the house of Yahweh and the treasures out of the king’s house. He took everything. He also took the small shields of gold that Solomon had made. 10And King Rehoboam made small shields of bronze in their place and committed them into the hand of the commanders of the guards who were keeping the entrance of the house of the king. 11And whenever the king went into the house of Yahweh, the guards came and carried them, and then they returned them to the alcove of the guards. 12And when he humbled himself, the anger of Yahweh was turned away from him, so that he did not destroy the city completely. Moreover, matters were well in Judah.
The Death of Rehoboam
13So King Rehoboam was strengthened in Jerusalem, and he reigned there. Now, Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city where Yahweh had chosen to put his name out of all the tribes of Israel. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite. 14And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek Yahweh.
15Now the words of Rehoboam from the first to the last, are they not written in the chronicles#Or “words” of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer as a record? And there were battles between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their#Or “the” days. 16And Rehoboam slept with his ancestors,#Or “fathers” and he was buried in the city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
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