Dual Panel1After Rehoboam’s <07346> rule <04438> was <01961> established <03559> and solidified <02393>, he and all <03605> Israel <03478> rejected <05800> the law <08451> of the Lord <03068>.
2Because <03588> they were unfaithful <04603> to the Lord <03068>, in King <04428> Rehoboam’s <07346> fifth <02549> year <08141>, King <04428> Shishak <07895> of Egypt <04714> attacked <05921> <05927> Jerusalem <03389>.
3He had 1,200 <03967> <0505> chariots <07393>, 60,000 <0505> <08346> horsemen <06571>, and an innumerable number <04557> <0369> of soldiers <05971> who accompanied <0935> him from <05973> Egypt <04714>, including Libyans <03864>, Sukkites <05525>, and Cushites <03569>.
4He captured <03920> the fortified <04694> cities <05892> of Judah <03063> and marched <0935> against Jerusalem <03389>.
5Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <05030> visited <0935> Rehoboam <07346> and the leaders <08269> of Judah <03063> who <0834> were assembled <0622> in <0413> Jerusalem <03389> because <06440> of Shishak <07895>. He said <0559> to them, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: ‘You <0859> have rejected <05800> me, so <0637> I <0589> have rejected <05800> you and will hand <03027> you over to Shishak <07895>.’”
6The leaders <08269> of Israel <03478> and the king <04428> humbled <03665> themselves and said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> is just <06662>.”
7When the Lord <03068> saw <07200> that <03588> they humbled <03665> themselves, he <03068> gave <01961> this message <01697> to <0413> Shemaiah <08098>: “They have humbled <03665> themselves, so I will not <03808> destroy <07843> them. I will deliver <06413> <05414> them <01992> soon <04592>. My anger <02534> will not <03808> be unleashed <05413> against Jerusalem <03389> through <03027> Shishak <07895>.
8Yet <03588> they will become <01961> his subjects <05650>, so they can experience <03045> how serving <05656> me differs from serving <05656> the surrounding <0776> nations <04467>.”
9King <04428> Shishak <07895> of Egypt <04714> attacked <05927> Jerusalem <03389> and took away <03947> the treasures <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and of the royal <04428> palace <01004>; he took <03947> everything <03605>, including the gold <02091> shields <04043> that <0834> Solomon <08010> had made <06213>.
10King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> made <06213> bronze <05178> shields <04043> to replace <08478> them and assigned <06485> them to <05921> the officers <08269> of the royal guard <07323> who protected <08104> the entrance <06607> to the royal <04428> palace <01004>.
11Whenever <01767> <01961> the king <04428> visited <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, the royal guards <07323> carried <05375> them and then brought <07725> them back <07725> to <0413> the guardroom <07323> <08372>.
12So when Rehoboam humbled <03665> himself, the Lord <03068> relented <07725> from <04480> his anger <0639> and did not <03808> annihilate <03617> <07843> him; Judah <03063> experienced <01961> some good <02896> things <01697>.
13King <04428> Rehoboam <07346> solidified <02388> his rule <04427> in Jerusalem <03389>; he was forty-one <0259> <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <07346> and he ruled <04427> for seventeen <06240> <07651> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, the city <05892> the Lord <03068> chose <0977> from all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother <0517> was an Ammonite <05985> named <08034> Naamah <05279>.
14He did <06213> evil <07451> because <03588> he was not <03808> determined <03820> <03559> to follow <01875> the Lord <03068>.
15The events <01697> of Rehoboam’s <07346> reign, from start <07223> to finish <0314>, are <01992> recorded <03789> in the Annals <01697> of Shemaiah <08098> the prophet <05030> and of Iddo <05714> the seer <02374> that include genealogical records <03187>.
16Then Rehoboam <07346> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in the City <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Abijah <029> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.