“1 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. 2 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, 3 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. 4 And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Judah,
and came to Jerusalem. 5 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.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The LORD [is] righteous. 7 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. 8 Nevertheless they shall 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 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.” (2 Chronicles 12:1-16 AV)
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