⁵ Then the prophet Shemaiah^(A) came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon^(B) you to Shishak.’”

⁸ They will, however, become subject^(A) to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”