2 Chronicles 12
King Rehoboam abandoned the law of the Lord, and as a result, Shishak, the king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem with a large army and seized the fortified cities in Judah. The prophet Shemaiah told Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah that the Lord had abandoned them because they had abandoned Him, but because they humbled themselves, the Lord decided not to destroy them completely. Shishak took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the king's house, but Rehoboam was able to recover and strengthen his kingdom. Rehoboam reigned for 17 years, but he did evil and did not seek the Lord, and his works are recorded in the books of Shemaiah and Iddo.
1And when the kingdom of Rehoboam had been strengthened and fortified, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all of Israel with him2Then, in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak, the king of Egypt, ascended against Jerusalem (for they had sinned against the Lord3with one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the common people could not be numbered who had arrived with him from Egypt, namely, the Libyans, and the Troglodytes, and the Ethiopians4And he seized the most fortified cities in Judah, and he went even to Jerusalem5Then Shemaiah, the prophet, entered to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem while fleeing from Shishak, and he said to them: "Thus says the Lord: You have abandoned me, and so I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.6And the leaders of Israel, and the king, being in consternation, said, "The Lord is just.7And when the Lord had seen that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: "Because they have been humbled, I will not disperse them. And I will give to them a little help, and my fury will not rain down upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak8Yet truly, they shall serve him, so that they may know the difference between my servitude, and the servitude of a kingdom of the lands.9And so Shishak, the king of Egypt, withdrew from Jerusalem, taking up the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the house of the king. And he took away everything with him, even the gold shields that Solomon had made10In place of these, the king made bronze ones, and he delivered them to the leaders of the shield bearers, who were guarding the vestibule of the palace11And when the king would enter into the house of the Lord, the shield bearers would arrive and take them, and they would carry them back to their armory12Yet truly, because they were humbled, the wrath of the Lord turned away from them, and so they were not utterly destroyed. And indeed, good works were also found in Judah13Therefore, king Rehoboam was strengthened in Jerusalem, and he reigned. He was forty-one years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, so that he might confirm his name there. Now the name of his mother was Naamah, an Ammonite14But he did evil, and he did not prepare his heart so as to seek the Lord15Truly, the works of Rehoboam, the first and the last, have been written in the books of Shemaiah, the prophet, and of Iddo, the seer, and diligently set forth. And Rehoboam and Jeroboam fought against one another during all their days16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. And his son, Abijah, reigned in his place
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