2Chr 12
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And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong,
that he forsook the law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.
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And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against YHWH,
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with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were
without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
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And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were
gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says YHWH,
You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
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Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, YHWH is
righteous.
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And when YHWH saw that they humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah,
saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them
some deliverance, and my anger shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand
of Shishak.
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service
of the kingdoms of the countries.
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So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of
the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the king`s house: he took all away: he took
away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
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And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the
hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king`s house.
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And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of YHWH, the guard
came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
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And when he humbled himself, the anger of YHWH turned from him, so as not to destroy
him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things [found].
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So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was
forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in
Jerusalem, the city which YHWH had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put
his name there: and his mother`s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
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And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek YHWH.
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Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of
Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there
were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah
his son reigned in his stead.