2 Chronicles 12
Shishak's Invasion of
Judah |
1 Kgs. 14.21-31 |
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And it came to pass, when Rehobo'am had
established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook
the law of the LORD, and all Israel with
him.
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And it came to pass, that in the
fifth year of king Rehobo'am, Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
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with twelve hundred chariots, and
threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without
number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Suk'ki-im,
and the Ethiopians.
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And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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Then came Shemai'ah the prophet to
Rehobo'am, 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.
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Whereupon the princes of Israel and the
king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
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And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemai'ah, 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.
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants;
that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of
the countries.
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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. 1 Kgs. 10.16, 17 · 2 Chr. 9.15, 16
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Instead of which king Rehobo'am 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.
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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.
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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.
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So king Rehobo'am strengthened himself
in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehobo'am 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 Na'amah an Ammonitess.
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And he did evil, because he prepared not
his heart to seek the LORD.
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Now the acts of Rehobo'am, first and
last, are they not written in the book of Shemai'ah the
prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there
were wars between Rehobo'am and Jerobo'am continually.
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And Rehobo'am slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the city of David: and Abi'jah his son reigned in his
stead.
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