1 Kings 14:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה *שושק **שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And yĕhî in-the-šānâ the-ḥămîšît to-the-melek Rĕḥabĕʿām, ʿālâ Šîšaq melek-Miṣrayim against-Yĕrûšālaim.

Grammar Details

*yĕhî*: Qal imperfect (with waw consecutive), 3rd masculine singular - it happened/came to pass
*šānâ*: feminine singular - year
*ḥămîšît*: feminine singular ordinal - fifth
*melek*: masculine singular construct - king
*Rĕḥabĕʿām*: proper noun
*ʿālâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he went up/came up
*Šîšaq*: proper noun - Shishak
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*Yĕrûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*yĕhî*: it happened/it came to pass/it occurred
*ʿālâ*: went up/came up/attacked
*ʿālâ* *ʿal*: went up against/attacked/invaded

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 11:40 : 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
2 Chr 12:2-4 : 2 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah, 3 with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
2 Chr 12:9 : 9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
2And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,
3with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
5Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
1 Kgs 14:26-29
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26and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
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28And it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard - chamber.
29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Chr 12:9-11
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9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king's house.
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1 Kgs 11:40
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1 Kgs 12:1-3
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2 Chr 35:20
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2 Kgs 24:7
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2 Chr 15:10
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