2Ch 12 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass as [ 4 was prepared 1 the 2 kingdom 3 of Rehoboam], and as he was secure, he abandoned the law of the lord , and all Israel with him.

2 Chronicles 12

CHAPTER 12 Rehoboam Abandons the Commandments

1 And it came to pass as [⁴was prepared ¹the ²kingdom ³of Rehoboam], and as he was secure, he abandoned the law of the lord, and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass in the [²year ¹fifth] of the kingdom of Rehoboam, [⁴ascended ¹Shishak ²king ³of Egypt] up against Jerusalem, (for they sinned before the lord), 3 with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen, and there was no count of the multitude coming with him out of Egypt -- Lubim, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.

Egypt Prevails Over Judah

4 And they secured the [²cities ¹fortified] which were in Judah, and they came to Jerusalem. 5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the rulers of Judah, the ones gathering together in Jerusalem from the face of Shishak. And he said to them, Thus said the lord, You abandoned me, and I shall abandon you into the hand of Shishak. 6 And [⁷were shamed ¹the ²rulers ³of Israel ⁴and ⁵the ⁶king], and they said, [³is just ¹the ² lord]. 7 And when the lord saw that they were ashamed, [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to Shemaiah, saying, They felt shame, I shall not utterly ruin them, but I will appoint them as small for deliverance, and in no way shall [²be dripped ¹my rage] over Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak, 8 for they will be to him for servants, and they shall know my servitude, and the servitude of the kingdom of the land. 9 And [⁴ascended ¹Shishak ²king ³of Egypt] against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures of the ones in the house of the lord, and the treasures of the ones in the house of the king -- he took all, and he took the shields of gold which Solomon made. 10 And [³made ¹king ²Rehoboam] shields of brass instead of them, and placed them unto the hands of the rulers, of the ones being bodyguards, of the ones guarding the gatehouse of the king. 11 And it came to pass when it was fit in the entering by the king into the house of the lord, there went in also the bodyguards and they took the shields, and then restored them unto the place of the bodyguards. 12 And in his feeling ashamed, [³was turned ⁴from ⁵him ¹the anger ²of the lord], and not unto corruption unto the end, for in Judah there were [²matters ¹good]. 13 And [³grew strong ¹king ²Rehoboam] in Jerusalem, and reigned. [³a son ⁴of forty ⁵and ⁶one ⁷years old ²was ¹Rehoboam] in his taking reign. And seventeen years he reigned in Jerusalem, in the city which the lord chose to name his name there, from out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel. And the name to his mother was Naammah the Ammonitess. 14 And he acted wickedly, for he did not straighten out his heart to seek after the lord. 15 And the words of Rehoboam, the first and last, [³not ¹behold ²are they] written in the words of Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer to trace descent and his actions. And Rehoboam waged war and Jeroboam all the days. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was entombed in the city of David. And [³reigned ¹Abijah ²his son] instead of him.