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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.
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