And it came to pass, when Rehoboam{H7346} had established{H3559}{(H8687)} the kingdom{H4438}, and had strengthened{H2393} himself, he forsook{H5800}{(H8804)} the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}, and all Israel{H3478} with him.

And it came to pass, that in the fifth{H2549} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} Shishak{H7895} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} against Jerusalem{H3389}, because they had transgressed{H4603}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068},

With twelve hundred{H3967}{H505} chariots{H7393}, and threescore{H8346} thousand{H505} horsemen{H6571}: and the people{H5971} were without number{H4557} that came{H935}{(H8804)} with him out of Egypt{H4714}; the Lubims{H3864}, the Sukkiims{H5525}, and the Ethiopians{H3569}.

And he took{H3920}{(H8799)} the fenced{H4694} cities{H5892} which pertained to Judah{H3063}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389}.

Then came{H935}{(H8804)} Shemaiah{H8098} the prophet{H5030} to Rehoboam{H7346}, and to the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063}, that were gathered together{H622}{(H8738)} to Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of Shishak{H7895}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Ye have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and therefore have I also{H637} left{H5800}{(H8804)} you in the hand{H3027} of Shishak{H7895}.

Whereupon the princes{H8269} of Israel{H3478} and the king{H4428} humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} themselves; and they said{H559}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068} is righteous{H6662}.

And when the LORD{H3068} saw{H7200}{(H8800)} that they humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} themselves, the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came to Shemaiah{H8098}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, They have humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} themselves; therefore I will not destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} them, but I will grant{H5414}{(H8804)} them some{H4592} deliverance{H6413}; and my wrath{H2534} shall not be poured out{H5413}{(H8799)} upon Jerusalem{H3389} by the hand{H3027} of Shishak{H7895}.

Nevertheless they shall be his servants{H5650}; that they may know{H3045}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} against Jerusalem{H3389}, and took away{H3947}{(H8799)} the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the treasures{H214} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}; he took{H3947}{(H8804)} all: he carried away{H3947}{(H8799)} also the shields{H4043} of gold{H2091} which Solomon{H8010} had made{H6213}{(H8804)}.

Instead of which king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} made{H6213}{(H8799)} shields{H4043} of brass{H5178}, and committed{H6485}{(H8689)} them to the hands{H3027} of the chief{H8269} of the guard{H7323}{(H8801)}, that kept{H8104}{(H8802)} the entrance{H6607} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}.

And when{H1767} the king{H4428} entered{H935}{(H8800)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, the guard{H7323}{(H8801)} came{H935}{(H8804)} and fetched{H5375}{(H8804)} them, and brought them again{H7725}{(H8689)} into the guard{H7323}{(H8801)} chamber{H8372}.

And when he humbled{H3665}{(H8736)} himself, the wrath{H639} of the LORD{H3068} turned{H7725}{(H8804)} from him, that he would not destroy{H7843}{(H8687)} him altogether{H3617}: and also in Judah{H3063} things{H1697} went well{H2896}.

So king{H4428} Rehoboam{H7346} strengthened{H2388}{(H8691)} himself in Jerusalem{H3389}, and reigned{H4427}{(H8799)}: for Rehoboam{H7346} was one{H259} and forty{H705} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} seventeen{H7651}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}, the city{H5892} which the LORD{H3068} had chosen{H977}{(H8804)} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, to put{H7760}{(H8800)} his name{H8034} there. And his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Naamah{H5279} an Ammonitess{H5985}.

And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451}, because he prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} not his heart{H3820} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068}.

Now the acts{H1697} of Rehoboam{H7346}, first{H7223} and last{H314}, are they not written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H1697} of Shemaiah{H8098} the prophet{H5030}, and of Iddo{H5714} the seer{H2374} concerning genealogies{H3187}{(H8692)}? And there were wars{H4421} between Rehoboam{H7346} and Jeroboam{H3379} continually{H3117}.

And Rehoboam{H7346} slept{H7901}{(H8799)} with his fathers{H1}, and was buried{H6912}{(H8735)} in the city{H5892} of David{H1732}: and Abijah{H29} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead.