Shishak of Egypt Comes Against Judah

12 ^(A)Now it happened that when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, ^(B)he and all Israel with him forsook the law of Yahweh. ^2 (C)Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to Yahweh, that ^(D)Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem ³ with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: ^(E)the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. ⁴ And he captured ^(F)the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. ⁵ Now ^(G)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^(H)You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you ^[a]to Shishak.’” ⁶ So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “^(I)Yahweh is righteous.”

⁷ When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, “^(J)They have humbled themselves so I will not bring them to ruin, but I will grant them some measure of escape, and ^(K)My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. ⁸ But they will become his slaves so ^(L)that they may know the difference between My slavery and the slavery of the kingdoms of the countries.”

Shishak Takes from Yahweh’s House

^9 (M)So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of Yahweh and the treasures of the king’s house. He took everything; ^(N)he even took the shields of gold which Solomon had made. ¹⁰ Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the hand of the commanders of the ^[b]guard who kept the door of the king’s house. ¹¹ Now it happened that as often as the king entered the house of Yahweh, the ^[c]guards would come and carry them and then bring them back into the ^[d]guards’ room. ¹² And ^(O)when he humbled himself, the anger of Yahweh turned away from him, so as not to ruin him completely; and also conditions ^(P)were good in Judah.