2Chronicles:12

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* And it came to pass , when Rehoboam had established the kingdom , and had strengthened himself , he forsook the law of the LORD , and all Israel with him . * And it came to pass , that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , because they had transgressed against the LORD , * With twelve hundred #H505chariots , and threescore thousand horsemen : and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt ; the Lubims , the Sukkiims , and the Ethiopians . * And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah , and came to Jerusalem . * Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam R @chab #am #, and to the princes of Judah , that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak , and said unto them , Thus saith the LORD , Ye have forsaken me , and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak . * Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves ; and they said , The LORD is righteous . * And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves , the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah Sh @ma #yah #, saying , They have humbled themselves ; therefore I will not destroy them , but I will grant them some deliverance ; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak . * Nevertheless they shall be his servants ; that they may know my service , and the service of the kingdoms of the countries . * So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the kings house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made . * Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass , and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard , that kept the entrance of the kings house . * And when the king entered into the house of the LORD , the guard came and fetched them , and brought them again into the guard chamber . * And when he humbled himself , the wrath of the LORD turned from him , that he would not destroy him altogether : and also in Judah things went well . * So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem , and reigned : for Rehoboam was one and forty #arba #iym # years old when he began to reign , and he reigned seventeen sheba # years in Jerusalem , the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel Yisra #el #, to put his name there . And his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitess . * And he did evil , because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD . * Now the acts of Rehoboam R @chab #am #, first and last , are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet , and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies ? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually . * And Rehoboam slept with his fathers , and was buried in the city of David : and Abijah his son reigned in his stead .

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