2 Chronicles 12
1 When Rehoboam’s kingdom was established and he had become strong, he abandoned the Law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt marched against Jerusalem, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD.
3 He came with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen, and the people who came with him from Egypt were beyond number: Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 The prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have abandoned me, so I have also abandoned you into Shishak’s hands.’”
6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
7 When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them. I will grant them a little deliverance, and my wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 But they will become his servants, so they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”
9 Shishak king of Egypt marched against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house. He took everything. He also took the gold shields that Solomon had made.
10 In their place, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the commanders of the guards who watched the entrance to the king’s house.
11 Whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would come, carry the shields, and then return them to the guardroom.
12 When he humbled himself, the LORD’s anger turned away from him, and he was not destroyed completely. There were also good things in Judah.
13 King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to place his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 He did evil, because he did not set his heart on seeking the LORD.
15 The acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of the prophet Shemaiah and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
16 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah reigned in his place.
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