12:1 After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD.
12:2 Because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.
12:3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,
12:4 he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
12:5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.’”
12:6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.”
12:7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
12:8 They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”
12:9 When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
12:10 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
12:11 Whenever the king went to the LORD’S temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
12:12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD’S anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.
12:13 King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
12:14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the LORD.
12:15 As for the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
12:16 Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
12:1 And when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and when it was strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of Jehovah.
12:2 Then in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had been unfaithful to Jehovah,
12:3 With one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: Libyans, Sukkiim, and Cushites.
12:4 And he captured the fortified cities which belonged to Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
12:5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who were gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak; and he said to them, Thus says Jehovah, You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you, delivering you into the hand of Shishak.
12:6 So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, Jehovah is righteous.
12:7 And when Jehovah saw that they had humbled themselves the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will give them a little deliverance, and My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak;
12:8 For they will become his servants that they may know the difference between serving Me and serving the kingdoms of the lands.
12:9 And Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king’s house; indeed he took away all. And he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
12:10 And King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them into the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the entrance of the king’s house.
12:11 And whenever the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guards came and carried them and returned them to the guardroom.
12:12 And when he humbled himself, the anger of Jehovah turned away from him, and He did not destroy them completely; and also things in Judah were good.
12:13 So 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 where Jehovah had chosen, out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
12:14 And he did what was evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek Jehovah.
12:15 And the acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the chronicles of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer according to the genealogical records? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place.