^12:2Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. ^12:3He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. ^12:4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.

^12:5Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’ ”¹^12:6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”²^12:7When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah:³ “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon.⁴ My anger will not be unleashed against⁵ Jerusalem through⁶ Shishak. ^12:8Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”⁷

^12:9King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. ^12:10King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard⁸ who protected the entrance to the royal palace. ^12:11Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.⁹

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Footnotes

1 Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
2 Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.
3 Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”
4 Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”
5 Or “gush forth upon.”
6 Heb “by the hand of.”
7 Heb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”
8 Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).
9 Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”