aWhen the kingdom of Rehoboam
was established
and strong
, bhe and all
Israel
with him forsook
the law
of the LORD
.
aAnd it came about in King
Rehoboam's
fifth
year
, because
they had been
unfaithful
to the LORD
, that bShishak
king
of Egypt
came
up against
Jerusalem
with 1,200 chariots
and 60,000
horsemen
. And the people
who
came
with him from Egypt
were without
number
: athe Lubim
, the Sukkiim
and the Ethiopians
.
He captured athe fortified
cities
of Judah
and came
as far
as Jerusalem
.
Then aShemaiah 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
, ` bYou have forsaken
Me, so I also
have forsaken
you 1to Shishak
.' "
So the princes of Israel
and the king
humbled
themselves and said
, "The aLORD
is righteous
."
When the LORD saw
that they humbled
themselves, the word
of the LORD
came
to Shemaiah
, saying
, " aThey have humbled
themselves so I will not destroy
them, but I will grant
them some
measure of deliverance
, and bMy wrath
shall not be poured
out on Jerusalem
by means
of Shishak
.
"But they will become his slaves
so athat they may learn
the difference between My service
and the service
of the kingdoms
of the countries
."
aSo 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
; bhe even took
the golden
shields
which
Solomon
had made
.
Then King Rehoboam
made
shields
of bronze
in their place
and committed
them to the 1care
of the commanders
of the 2guard
who guarded
the door
of the king's
house
.
As often as the king
entered
the house
of the LORD
, the 1guards
came
and carried
them and then brought
them back
into the 1guards'
room
.
And awhen he humbled himself, the anger
of the LORD
turned
away
from him, so as not to destroy
him completely
; and also
conditions
bwere good
in Judah
.
aSo 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
.
He did evil
abecause
he did not set
his heart
to seek
the LORD
.
aNow the acts of Rehoboam
, from first
to last
, are they not written
in the 1records
of bShemaiah
the prophet
and of cIddo
the seer
, according to genealogical
enrollment
? And there were wars
between Rehoboam
and Jeroboam
continually
.
And Rehoboam slept
with his fathers
and was buried
in the city
of David
; and his son
aAbijah
became
king
in his place
.