Da Rehabeams posisjon som konge var sikret, og han var blitt sterk, forlot han Herrens lov, og hele Israel med ham.

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

I det femte året av kong Rehabeam kom Sjisjak, kongen av Egypt, opp mot Jerusalem på grunn av deres synd mot Herren.

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,

Med tolv hundre stridsvogner og seksti tusen ryttere: og folket som kom med ham fra Egypt, kunne ikke telles: Lubimene, Sukkimene og etiopierne.

With twelve hundred war-carriages and sixty thousand horsemen: and the people who came with him out of Egypt were more than might be numbered: Lubim and Sukkiim and Ethiopians.

Han tok de befestede byene i Juda og kom så langt som til Jerusalem.

And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

Da kom profeten Sjemaja til Rehabeam og lederne i Juda, som hadde samlet seg i Jerusalem på grunn av Sjisjak, og sa til dem: Herren har sagt: Fordi dere har forlatt meg, har jeg overlatt dere i Sjisjaks hånd.

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.

Da ydmyket Israels ledere og kongen seg og sa: Herren er rettferdig.

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

Da Herren så at de hadde ydmyket seg, sa Han til Sjemaja: De har ydmyket seg; jeg vil ikke sende ødeleggelse over dem, men snart vil jeg gi dem frelse og vil ikke slippe løs min vrede over Jerusalem ved Sjisjaks hånd.

And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Men de skal fortsatt bli hans tjenere, for at de skal forstå forskjellen mellom mitt åk og åket fra rikene i landet.

But still they will become his servants, so that they may see how different my yoke is from the yoke of the kingdoms of the lands.

Så dro Sjisjak, kongen av Egypt, opp mot Jerusalem og tok alt det oppsamlede rikdommen fra Herrens hus og kongens hus: han tok alt, også gullskjoldene som Salomo hadde laget.

So Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem and took away all the stored wealth of the house of the Lord and the king's house: he took everything away, and with the rest the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

I stedet lot kong Rehabeam andre skjold av bronse lage og satte dem under oppsyn av lederne for vekterne som stod ved inngangen til kongens hus.

And in their place King Rehoboam had other body-covers made of brass and gave them into the care of the captains of the armed men who were stationed at the door of the king's house.

Og hver gang kongen gikk inn i Herrens hus, bar vaktene skjoldene og tok dem deretter tilbake til vakthuset.

And whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the armed men went with him taking the body-covers, and then took them back to their room.

Og da han ydmyket seg, vendte Herrens vrede seg fra ham, og fullstendig ødeleggelse kom ikke over ham, for det var fortsatt noe godt i Juda.

And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

Så styrket kong Rehabeam seg i Jerusalem og hersket der. Rehabeam var førtién år gammel da han ble konge, og han regjerte i sytten år i Jerusalem, byen som Herren hadde valgt ut av alle Israels stammer for å sette sitt navn der; og hans mor het Na’ama, en ammonittisk kvinne.

So King Rehoboam made himself strong in Jerusalem and was ruling there. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was ruling for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the town which the Lord had made his out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.

Han gjorde det onde fordi hans hjerte ikke var oppriktig mot Herren.

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

Rehabeams gjerninger, både de første og de siste, er de ikke nedskrevet i Sjemajas, profetens, og Iddos, seerens, skrifter? Og det var kriger mellom Rehabeam og Jeroboam alle deres dager.

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

Så la Rehabeam seg til hvile med sine fedre og ble begravet i Davids by; og Abia, hans sønn, ble konge etter ham.

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.