2 Chronicles 12
1. And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established * the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook * the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2. And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up * against Jerusalem,because they had transgressed * against the LORD,
3. With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came * with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4. And he took * the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came * to Jerusalem.
5. Then came * Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together * to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said * unto them, Thus saith * the LORD, Ye have forsaken * me, and therefore have I also left * you in the hand of Shishak.
6. Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled * themselves; and they said * , The LORD is righteous.
7. And when the LORD saw * that they humbled * themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, 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 Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8. Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know * my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9. So Shishak king of Egypt came up * against Jerusalem, and took away * the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took * all: he carried away * also the shields of gold which Solomon had made * .
10. Instead of which king Rehoboam 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.
11. And when the king entered * into the house of the LORD, the guard * came * and fetched * them, and brought them again * into the guard * chamber.
12. And when he humbled * himself, the wrath of the LORD turned * from him, that he would not destroy * him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
13. So king Rehoboam strengthened * himself in Jerusalem, and reigned * : for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign * , and he reigned * seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen * out of all the tribes of Israel, to put * his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14. And he did * evil, because he prepared * not his heart to seek * the LORD.
15. Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written * in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies * ? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16. And Rehoboam slept * with his fathers, and was buried * in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned * in his stead.
