2 Chronicles 12

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and ^ahad strengthened himself, ^bhe forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. ²And it came to pass, that ^cin the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord, ³with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the ^dLubims, the Sukkiims, and the ^dEthiopians. ⁴And he took ^ethe fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. ⁵Then came ^fShemaiah 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, ^gYe have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. ⁶Whereupon the princes of ^hIsrael and the king humbled themselves; and they said, ⁱThe Lord is righteous. ⁷And when the Lord saw that they ^jhumbled 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 ^kmy wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. ⁸Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know ^lmy service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. ^9mSo 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 ⁿwhich Solomon had made. ¹⁰Instead 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. ¹¹And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fet them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. ¹²And 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.

¹³So king Rehoboam ^ostrengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for ^pRehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, ^qthe 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. ¹⁴And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. ^15rNow the acts of Rehoboam, ^sfirst and last, are they not written in the book of ^tShemaiah the prophet, and of ^uIddo the ^wseer concerning ^xgenealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. ¹⁶And 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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