2 Chronicles 12

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Shishak Raids Jerusalem

¹After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel^a with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

¹And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.

²In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem

²And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem—because they had transgressed against YHWH—

³with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen,^a and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.^b

³with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt: Libyans and Sukkites and Cushites.

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

⁴And he took the fortified cities that were unto Judah, and he came to Jerusalem.

⁵Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

⁵And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says YHWH, ‘You have forsaken Me; and also I have abandoned you all into the hand of Shishak.’”

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

⁶And the leaders of Israel humbled themselves—and the king—and they said, “Righteous is YHWH.”

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 will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

⁷And when YHWH saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I will give to them a little thing for escape, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

⁸Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

⁸Nevertheless, they will be servants to him, and they will know My service and the service of the kingdoms of the nations.

⁹So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

⁹And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and he took away the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king. He took everything, and he took the gold shields that Solomon had made.

¹⁰Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

¹⁰And King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and he committed them over to the hands of the captains of the guards who guarded the doorway of the house of the king.

¹¹And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

¹¹And whenever the king entered the house of YHWH, the guard would go and bring them out; and they would take them back into the chamber of the runners.

¹²Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

¹²And he humbled himself, and the wrath of YHWH turned from him as not to destroy him completely; and also in Judah there were good things.

Rehoboam’s Reign and Death

¹³Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

¹³And King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and he reigned. For Rehoboam was a son of forty-one years in his reigning, and seventeen years he reigned in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH had chosen to put His name there out of all the tribes of Israel. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.

¹⁴And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

¹⁴And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek YHWH.

¹⁵Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

¹⁵And the acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the Words of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were all their days.

¹⁶And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah^a reigned in his place.

¹⁶And Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place.