2 Chronicles 12:1-10 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.

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 transgressed against YHWH—

3 with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt: Libyans and Sukkites and Cushites.

4 And he took the fortified cities that were unto Judah, and he came to Jerusalem.

5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says YHWH, ‘You? have forsaken Me; and also I have abandoned you? all into the hand of Shishak.’”

6 And the leaders of Israel humbled themselves—and the king—and they said, “Righteous is YHWH.”

7 And when YHWH saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I will give to them a little thing for escape, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

8 Nevertheless, they will be servants to him, and they will know My service and the service of the kingdoms of the nations.

9 And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and he took away the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king. He took everything, and he took the gold shields that Solomon had made.

10 And King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and he committed them over to the hands of the captains of the guards who guarded the doorway of the house of the king.