Rehoboam Reigns in Judah

²¹ Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which, from all of the tribes of Israel, Yahweh chose to place his name. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess. ²² But Judah did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and they annoyed him more than their fathers^[a] did with their sins that they had committed. ²³ They also built for themselves high places and stone pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree. ²⁴ There were also male shrine prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh had driven out from before the Israelites.^[b]

Pharaoh Shishak of Egypt Raids Jerusalem

²⁵ It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, ²⁶ and he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and he took all the treasures of the king’s house. He took the small gold shields that Solomon had made, ²⁷ so King Rehoboam made small copper shields in place of them and entrusted them^[c] to the commanders of the royal guard who keep the doorway of the king’s house. ²⁸ Whenever the king came to the house of Yahweh, the royal guard carried them and brought them back to the alcove room of the royal guard. ²⁹ The remainder of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah? ³⁰ There was always war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. ³¹ Then Rehoboam slept with his ancestors,^[d] and he was buried with his ancestors^[e] in the city of David. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son became king in his place.