1And it came to pass, when Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] with him. 2And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] Shishak [greedy of fine linen] king of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] came up against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], because they had transgressed against the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), 3With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place]; the Luvim [empty-hearted], the Suki’im [booth dwellers], and the Cushi [Ethiopians]. 4And he took the fenced cities which [pertained] to Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]. 5Then came Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the prophet to Rechav’am [a people has enlarged], and [to] the princes of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], that were gathered together to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] because of Shishak [greedy of fine linen], and said unto them, Thus says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), You^2f have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak [greedy of fine linen]. 6Whereupon the princes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [is] righteous.

7And when the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came to Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears], saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] by the hand of Shishak [greedy of fine linen]. 8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

9So Shishak [greedy of fine linen] king of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] came up against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] had made. 10Instead of which king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] made shields of brass, and committed [them] to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 11And when the king entered into the house of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] things went well.

13So king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] strengthened himself in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and reigned: for Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] [was] one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], the city which the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had chosen out of all the tribes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], to put his name there. And his mother's name [was] Na’amah [Loveliness] an ‘Amonit [tribal]. 14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).

15Now the acts of Rechav’am [a people has enlarged], first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the prophet, and of ‘Iddo [His witness] the seer concerning genealogies? And [there were] wars between Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] and Yarov’am [the people will contend] continually. 16And Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David [beloved]: and Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] his son reigned in his stead.