2 Chronicles 12:2–11

²Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak^w of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem^{a 3}with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans,^b Sukkiim, and Cushites. ⁴He captured the fortified cities^c of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

⁵Then the prophet Shemaiah^d went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: You have abandoned me; therefore, I have abandoned you to Shishak.”^e

⁶So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”^f

⁷When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the Lord’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance.^g My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.^{h 8}However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”ⁱ

⁹So King Shishak of Egypt went to war^j against Jerusalem.^k He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.^{l 10}King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards^A who protected the entrance to the king’s palace. ¹¹Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would carry the shields and take them back to the armory.^B