2 Chronicles 12:2–9

^2aAnd it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that ^bShishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

³with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: ^athe Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.

⁴He captured ^athe fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

⁵Then ^aShemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, ‘^bYou have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you ¹to Shishak.’ ”

⁶So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The ^aLord is righteous.”

⁷When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “^aThey have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and ^bMy wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.

⁸“But they will become his slaves so ^athat they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

Plunder Impoverishes Judah

^9aSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; ^bhe even took the golden shields which Solomon had made.