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2 Chronicles 12:2–9

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2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem* 3with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand cavalry. A countless army came with him from Egypt: Libyans, Sukkiim, and Cushites.* 4He took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the officers of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak and said to them, “Thus says the Lord: You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.”* 6Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is in the right.”* 7When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.* 8Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, so that they may know the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”*

9So King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made,*

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Cross references

  1. *1 Kings 11:40; 14:24, 25
  2. *2 Chr 16:8
  3. *Deut 28:15; 2 Chr 11:2; 15:2
  4. *Ex 9:27; Dan 9:14
  5. *1 Kings 21:29
  6. *Deut 28:47, 48
  7. *1 Kings 14:25, 26; 2 Chr 9:15, 16