1Once Rehoboam’s kingdom was firmly established and he felt strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned Yahweh’s law.
2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem because they had been unfaithful to Yahweh.
3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. The people who came with him out of Egypt were countless: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
4He captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah and advanced to Jerusalem.
5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and told them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have abandoned me, so I have also abandoned you to Shishak.’
6Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is fair.”
7When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, Yahweh’s message came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some escape, and my anger will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
8Nevertheless, they will be his servants so they may learn what it is like to serve me versus serving the kingdoms of other countries.”
9So Shishak, king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures from Yahweh’s temple and the treasures from the king’s palace. He took everything. He also took the gold shields that Solomon had made.
10King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and entrusted them to the care of the captains of the guard, who protected the entrance of the king’s palace.
11Whenever the king went into Yahweh’s temple, the guards would come and carry the shields, then bring them back to the guardroom.
12When he humbled himself, Yahweh’s anger turned away from him, so he did not completely destroy him. Also, good things were found in Judah.
13So King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to be honored with his presence. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
14He did what was evil because he did not commit himself to seeking Yahweh.
15The acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are written in the historical accounts of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer, in the genealogies, aren’t they? There were constant wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
16Rehoboam died and was buried in the City of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place.