II Chronicles Chapter 12

II Chronicles Chapter 12
1 And when Rehoboam had established
the kingdom and made it strong, he
forsook the law of the Lord, and all
Israel with him.
2 Therefore in the fifth year of king
Rehoboam, Shishak the 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 from Egypt, even the Lubims,
Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the strong cities which
were of Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to
Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah,
that were gathered together in Jerusalem,
because of Shishak, and said unto them,
Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken
me, therefore have I also left you in the
hands of Shishak.
6 Then the princes of Israel, and the king
humbled themselves, and said, The Lord
is just.
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 send
them deliverance shortly, and my wrath
shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem
by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they shall be his
servants: so shall they know my service,
and the service of the kingdoms of the
earth.
9 Then Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem, and took the treasures
of the house of the Lord, and the
treasures of the king’s house he took
even all, and he carried away the shields
of gold, which Solomon had made.
10 Instead whereof king Rehoboam
made shields of brass, and committed
them to the hands of the chief of the
guard, that waited at the door of the
king’s house.
11 And when the king entered into the
house of the Lord, the guard came and
bear them and brought them again unto
the guard chamber.
12 And because he humbled himself, the
wrath of the Lord turned from him, that
he would not destroy all together. And
also in Judah the things prospered. 13 So
king Rehoboam was strong in Jerusalem
and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and
forty year old, when he began to reign,
and 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: for he prepared not
his heart to seek the Lord. 15 The acts
also of Rehoboam, first and last, are they
not written in the book of Shemaiah the
prophet, and Iddo the seer, in rehearsing
the genealogy?
And there was war alway between
Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David, and
Abijah his son reigned in his stead.