Shishak Raids Jerusalem
(1 Kings 14:25–28)
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel 1with him forsook the Law of the LORD. 2Ch 11:172Ch 12:132Ch 26:13-161Ki 14:22-241Ki 12:171Ki 9:92Ch 11:32Ki 17:19 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem 1Ki 11:402Ch 7:19-201Ch 28:91Ki 14:24-262Ch 36:14-19Isa 63:10Jdg 2:13-15Jer 2:19 with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, 2 and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. 3 2Ch 16:8Nam 3:9Dan 11:431Sa 13:52Ch 14:122Ch 14:92Sa 10:18Ezk 30:5 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 2Ch 11:5-122Ki 18:17Isa 10:11Isa 36:1Isa 8:8Jer 5:10
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’” 2Ch 11:22Ch 15:21Ki 12:221Ch 28:92Ch 12:1-22Sa 24:14Deu 28:15-68Jdg 10:9-14
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” Exo 9:27Dan 9:141Ki 8:37-392Ch 32:262Ch 33:122Ch 33:192Ch 33:23Dan 5:22
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. 2Ch 34:251Ki 21:28-29Isa 42:252Ch 34:212Ki 13:232Ki 13:4-7Amo 7:6-8Jdg 10:15-16 Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.” Deu 28:47-48Isa 26:13Hos 8:10Jdg 3:1Jer 10:24Neh 9:36
So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. 1Ki 10:16-172Ch 9:15-161Ki 14:25-282Ki 16:81Ki 15:182Ki 18:15-16Lam 1:10
Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 1Ch 11:251Ki 14:272Sa 23:232Sa 8:18Lam 4:1Sng 3:7-8 And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah. 2Ch 19:31Ki 14:132Ch 12:6-72Ch 33:12-13Lam 3:22Gen 18:24Isa 57:15Isa 6:13
Rehoboam’s Reign and Death
(1 Kings 14:21–24)
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. 1Ki 14:212Ch 6:6Deu 12:51Ki 11:12Ch 13:7Deu 12:11Deu 23:3Exo 20:24 And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. 2Ch 19:31Co 15:581Co 16:13Ezk 33:31Isa 45:19Isa 55:6-72Ch 11:162Ch 30:19
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days. 2Ch 9:292Ch 12:51Ki 12:222Ch 13:221Ki 14:29-30 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah 4reigned in his place. 1Ch 3:101Ki 14:29-312Ch 11:202Ch 13:1Mat 1:7