2Chronicles:12

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* And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established , and when he had grown strong , that he forsook the commandments of the Lord , and all Israel with him . * And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam , Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , because they had sinned against the Lord , * with twelve hundred chariots , and sixty thousand horses : and there was no number of the multitude that came with him from Egypt ; Libyans , Trogodytes , and Ethiopians . * And they obtained possession of the strong cities , which were in Juda , and came to Jerusalem . * And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam , and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim , and said to them , Thus said the Lord , Ye have left me , and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim . * And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed , and said , The Lord is righteous . * And when the Lord saw that (note :)Gr . were ashamed , or reverential (:note ) they repented , then came the word of the Lord to Samaias , saying , They have repented ; I will not destroy them , but I will Gr . give set them in safety Gr . as a little for a little while , and my wrath shall not be Gr . dropped poured out on Jerusalem . * Nevertheless they shall be servants , and know my service , and the service of the kings of the earth . * So Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem , and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord , and the treasures that were in the king ’s house : he took all ; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made . * And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them . And Susakim set over him captains of footmen , as keepers of the gate of the king . * And it came to pass , when the king went into the house of the Lord , the guards and the footmen went in , and they that returned to meet the footmen . * And when he repented , the anger of the Lord turned from him , and did not destroy him utterly ; for there were good (note :)Gr . words (:note ) things in Juda . * So king Roboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem , and reigned : and Roboam was forty and one years old (note :)Gr . in his reigning (:note ) when he began to reign , and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem , in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there : and his mother ’s name was Noomma the Ammanitess . * And he did evil , for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord . * And the (note :)Gr . words ; Hebraism (:note ) acts of Roboam , the first and the last , behold , are they not written in the book of Samaia the prophet , and Addo the seer , with his achievements . * And Roboam made war with Jeroboam (note :)Gr . always (:note ) all his days . And Roboam died with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David : and Abia his son reigned in his stead .

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