2Chronicles 12

1 It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:1

2 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against the LORD,NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:2

3 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:3

4 He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:4

5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the LORD, 'You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'"NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:5

6 Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "The LORD is righteous."NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:6

7 When the LORD saw that they 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.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:7

8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:8

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:9

10 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:10

11 It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:11

12 When he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things found.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:12

13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:13

14 He did that which was evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:14

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the way of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:15

16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place.NHEB — 2Chronicles 12:16