When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “(A)They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them; and I will grant them a little deliverance, and (B)My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. But they will become his slaves, so (C)that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

Plunder Impoverishes Judah

(D)So Shishak king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; (E)he even took the gold shields which Solomon had made.

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