| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. | 1When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD. |
| 2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem | 2And it came about in King Rehoboam's fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem |
| 3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. | 3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. |
| 4And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. | 4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. |
| 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the LORD, ‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’” | 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, 'You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you to Shishak.'" |
| 6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” | 6So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous." |
| 7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. | 7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. |
| 8Nevertheless, they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.” | 8"But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." |
| 9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house. He took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made, | 9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's palace. He took everything; he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made. |
| 10and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. | 10Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door of the king's house. |
| 11And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard came and carried them and brought them back to the guardroom. | 11As often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards' room. |
| 12And when he humbled himself the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, conditions were good in Judah. | 12And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah. |
| 13So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. | 13So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. |
| 14And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. | 14He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. |
| 15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the chronicles of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer? There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. | 15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, according to genealogical enrollment? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. |
| 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his place. | 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place. |
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