And it came to pass, when the kingdom{H4438} of Rehoboam{H7346} was established,{H3559} and he was strong,{H2393} that he forsook{H5800} the law{H8451} of Jehovah,{H3068} and all Israel{H3478} with him.

And it came to pass in the fifth{H2549} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Rehoboam,{H7346} that Shishak{H7895} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came up{H5927} against Jerusalem,{H3389} because they had trespassed{H4603} against Jehovah,{H3068}

with twelve hundred{H3967} chariots,{H7393} and threescore{H8346} thousand{H505} horsemen.{H6571} And the people{H5971} were without number{H4557} that came{H935} with him out of Egypt:{H4714} the Lubim,{H3864} the Sukkiim,{H5525} and the Ethiopians.{H3569}

And he took{H3920} the fortified{H4694} cities{H5892} which pertained to Judah,{H3063} and came{H935} unto Jerusalem.{H3389}

Now Shemaiah{H8098} the prophet{H5030} came{H935} to Rehoboam,{H7346} and to the princes{H8269} of Judah,{H3063} that were gathered together{H622} to Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of Shishak,{H7895} and said{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Ye have forsaken{H5800} me, therefore have I also{H637} left{H5800} you in the hand{H3027} of Shishak.{H7895}

Then the princes{H8269} of Israel{H3478} and the king{H4428} humbled{H3665} themselves; and they said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} is righteous.{H6662}

And when Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} that they humbled{H3665} themselves, the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to Shemaiah,{H8098} saying,{H559} They have humbled{H3665} themselves: I will not destroy{H7843} them; but I will grant{H5414} them some{H4592} deliverance,{H6413} and my wrath{H2534} shall not be poured out{H5413} upon Jerusalem{H3389} by the hand{H3027} of Shishak.{H7895}

Nevertheless they shall be his servants,{H5650} that they may know{H3045} my service,{H5656} and the service{H5656} of the kingdoms{H4467} of the countries.{H776}

So Shishak{H7895} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came up{H5927} against Jerusalem,{H3389} and took away{H3947} the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house:{H1004} he took{H3947} all away: he took away{H3947} also the shields{H4043} of gold{H2091} which Solomon{H8010} had made.{H6213}

And king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} made{H6213} in their stead shields{H4043} of brass,{H5178} and committed{H6485} them to the hands{H3027} of the captains{H8269} of the guard,{H7323} that kept{H8104} the door{H6607} of the king's{H4428} house.{H1004}

And it was so, that, as oft{H1767} as the king{H4428} entered{H935} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} the guard{H7323} came{H935} and bare{H5375} them, and brought them back{H7725} into the guard -{H7323} chamber.{H8372}

And when he humbled{H3665} himself, the wrath{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} turned{H7725} from him, so as not to destroy{H7843} him altogether:{H3617} and moreover in Judah{H3063} there were good{H2896} things{H1697} [found].

So king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} strengthened{H2388} himself in Jerusalem,{H3389} and reigned:{H4427} for Rehoboam{H7346} was forty{H705} and one{H259} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign,{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} seventeen{H7651} years{H8141} in Jerusalem,{H3389} the city{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} had chosen{H977} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel,{H3478} to put{H7760} his name{H8034} there: and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Naamah{H5279} the Ammonitess.{H5985}

And he did{H6213} that which was evil,{H7451} because he set{H3559} not his heart{H3820} to seek{H1875} Jehovah.{H3068}

Now the acts{H1697} of Rehoboam,{H7346} first{H7223} and last,{H314} are they not written{H3789} in the histories{H1697} of Shemaiah{H8098} the prophet{H5030} and of Iddo{H5714} the seer,{H2374} after the manner of genealogies?{H3187} And there were wars{H4421} between Rehoboam{H7346} and Jeroboam{H3379} continually.{H3117}

And Rehoboam{H7346} slept{H7901} with his fathers,{H1} and was buried{H6912} in the city{H5892} of David:{H1732} and Abijah{H29} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.