dSee ch. 11:5-12
2 Chronicles 12:2-9
2 aIn the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, bShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt— cLibyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. 4And he took dthe fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then eShemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, f‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’” 6Then the princes of gIsrael and the king humbled themselves and said, h“The Lord is righteous.” 7When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: i“They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, jand my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8Nevertheless, they shall be servants to him, kthat they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”9 lSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house. He took away everything. He also took away mthe shields of gold that Solomon had made,
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