2 Chronicles 12:2–11

²Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak ^qking of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem ^r3with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, ^sSukkiim, and Cushites. ⁴He captured the fortified cities ^tof Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

⁵Then Shemaiah ^uthe prophet 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 into the hand of Shishak.’ ” ^v

⁶So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.” ^w

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. ^xMy wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. ^y8However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving Me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.” ^z

⁹So King Shishak of Egypt went to war ^aagainst Jerusalem. ^bHe 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. ^c10King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them into the care of the captains of the royal escorts ^dwho guarded the entrance to the king’s palace. ¹¹Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the royal escorts would carry the shields and take them back to the royal escorts’ armory.