2 Chronicles 12
Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah
1 aWhen the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, bhe and all Israel with him forsook the law of the Lord. 2 cAnd it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that dShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: ethe Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. 4He captured fthe fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then gShemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, ‘ hYou have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you ▼▼ Lit in the hand of
to Shishak.’” 6So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The jLord is righteous.” 7When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, k“They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and lMy wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. 8“But they will become his slaves so mthat they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.” Plunder Impoverishes Judah
9 nSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; ohe even took the golden shields which Solomon had made. 10Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the ▼▼ Lit hands
care of the commanders of the ▼▼ Lit runners
guard who guarded the door of the king’s house. 11As often as the king entered the house of the Lord, the ▼▼ Lit runners
guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the ▼▼ Lit runners
guards’ room. 12And twhen he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions uwere good in Judah. 13 vSo King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now 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 from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 14He did evil wbecause he did not set his heart to seek the Lord. 15 xNow the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the ▼▼ Lit words
records of zShemaiah the prophet and of aaIddo the seer, according to genealogical enrollment? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son abAbijah became king in his place.
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