Dual Panel1And it came to pass, when Rehoboam <07346> had established <03559> (8687) the kingdom <04438>_, and had strengthened <02393> himself, he forsook <05800> (8804) the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>_, and all Israel <03478> with him.
2And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth <02549> year <08141> of king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> Shishak <07895> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> came up <05927> (8804) against Jerusalem <03389>_, because they had transgressed <04603> (8804) against the LORD <03068>_,
3With twelve hundred <03967> <0505> chariots <07393>_, and threescore <08346> thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>_: and the people <05971> [were] without number <04557> that came <0935> (8804) with him out of Egypt <04714>_; the Lubims <03864>_, the Sukkiims <05525>_, and the Ethiopians <03569>_.
4And he took <03920> (8799) the fenced <04694> cities <05892> which [pertained] to Judah <03063>_, and came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>_.
5Then came <0935> (8804) Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <05030> to Rehoboam <07346>_, and [to] the princes <08269> of Judah <03063>_, that were gathered together <0622> (8738) to Jerusalem <03389> because <06440> of Shishak <07895>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Ye have forsaken <05800> (8804) me, and therefore have I also <0637> left <05800> (8804) you in the hand <03027> of Shishak <07895>_.
6Whereupon the princes <08269> of Israel <03478> and the king <04428> humbled <03665> (8735) themselves; and they said <0559> (8799)_, The LORD <03068> [is] righteous <06662>_.
7And when the LORD <03068> saw <07200> (8800) that they humbled <03665> (8738) themselves, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came to Shemaiah <08098>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, They have humbled <03665> (8738) themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy <07843> (8686) them, but I will grant <05414> (8804) them some <04592> deliverance <06413>_; and my wrath <02534> shall not be poured out <05413> (8799) upon Jerusalem <03389> by the hand <03027> of Shishak <07895>_. {some: or, a little while}
8Nevertheless they shall be his servants <05650>_; that they may know <03045> (8799) my service <05656>_, and the service <05656> of the kingdoms <04467> of the countries <0776>_.
9So Shishak <07895> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> came up <05927> (8799) against Jerusalem <03389>_, and took away <03947> (8799) the treasures <0214> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, and the treasures <0214> of the king's <04428> house <01004>_; he took <03947> (8804) all: he carried away <03947> (8799) also the shields <04043> of gold <02091> which Solomon <08010> had made <06213> (8804)_.
10Instead of which king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made <06213> (8799) shields <04043> of brass <05178>_, and committed <06485> (8689) [them] to the hands <03027> of the chief <08269> of the guard <07323> (8801)_, that kept <08104> (8802) the entrance <06607> of the king's <04428> house <01004>_.
11And when <01767> the king <04428> entered <0935> (8800) into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, the guard <07323> (8801) came <0935> (8804) and fetched <05375> (8804) them, and brought them again <07725> (8689) into the guard <07323> (8801) chamber <08372>_.
12And when he humbled <03665> (8736) himself, the wrath <0639> of the LORD <03068> turned <07725> (8804) from him, that he would not destroy <07843> (8687) [him] altogether <03617>_: and also in Judah <03063> things <01697> went well <02896>_. {and also...: or, and yet in Judah there were good things}
13So king <04428> Rehoboam <07346> strengthened <02388> (8691) himself in Jerusalem <03389>_, and reigned <04427> (8799)_: for Rehoboam <07346> [was] one <0259> and forty <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800)_, and he reigned <04427> (8804) seventeen <07651> <06240> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>_, the city <05892> which the LORD <03068> had chosen <0977> (8804) out of all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>_, to put <07760> (8800) his name <08034> there. And his mother's <0517> name <08034> [was] Naamah <05279> an Ammonitess <05985>_.
14And he did <06213> (8799) evil <07451>_, because he prepared <03559> (8689) not his heart <03820> to seek <01875> (8800) the LORD <03068>_. {prepared: or, fixed}
15Now the acts <01697> of Rehoboam <07346>_, first <07223> and last <0314>_, [are] they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <01697> of Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <05030>_, and of Iddo <05714> the seer <02374> concerning genealogies <03187> (8692)_? And [there were] wars <04421> between Rehoboam <07346> and Jeroboam <03379> continually <03117>_. {book: Heb. words}
16And Rehoboam <07346> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_, and was buried <06912> (8735) in the city <05892> of David <01732>_: and Abijah <029> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead. {Abijah: also called, Abijam}