CHAPTER 12
After Rehoboam had established
his
sovereignty
and royal power,
he and all
Israel
with him
forsook
the law
of the LORD.
In the fifth
year
of Rehoboam's
reign,
because
they had been unfaithful
to the LORD,
Shishak
king
of Egypt
came up
and attacked
Jerusalem
with 1,200
chariots,
60,000
horsemen,
and countless
troops
who
came
with him
out of Egypt—
Libyans,
Sukkites,
and Cushites.
Then 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.'"
When 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.
Nevertheless,
they will become
his servants,
so that they may learn
the difference between serving
Me and serving
the kings
of other lands.”
So 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.
Then 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.
Whenever
the king
would enter
the house
of the LORD,
the guards
would go with him,
bearing the shields,
and later take them back
to
the guardroom.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself,
the anger
of the LORD
turned away
from him,
and He did not
destroy him completely.
Moreover,
conditions
were
good
in Judah.
Thus King
Rehoboam
established himself
in Jerusalem.
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.
Now 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.
And Rehoboam
rested
with
his fathers
and was buried
in the City
of David.
And his son
Abijah
became king
in his place.