12:1 And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
kingdom
of
Rehoboam
was
established,
and
he
was
strong,
that
he
forsook
the
law
of
Jehovah,
and
all
Israel
with
him.
12:2 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
Jehovah,
12:3 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.
12:4 And
he
took
the
fortified
cities
which
pertained
to
Judah,
and
came
unto
Jerusalem.
12:5 Now
Shemaiah
the
prophet
came
to
Rehoboam,
and
to
the
princes
of
Judah,
that
were
gathered
together
to
Jerusalem
because
of
Shishak,
and
said
unto
them,
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Ye
have
forsaken
me,
therefore
have
I
also
left
you
in
the
hand
of
Shishak.
12:6 Then
the
princes
of
Israel
and
the
king
humbled
themselves;
and
they
said,
Jehovah
is
righteous.
12:7 And
when
Jehovah
saw
that
they
humbled
themselves,
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
Shemaiah,
saying,
They
have
humbled
themselves:
I
will
not
destroy
them;
but
I
will
grant
them
some
deliverance,
and
my
wrath
shall
not
be
poured
out
upon
Jerusalem
by
the
hand
of
Shishak.
12:8 Nevertheless
they
shall
be
his
servants,
that
they
may
know
my
service,
and
the
service
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
countries.
12:9 So
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem,
and
took
away
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
Jehovah,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king's
house:
he
took
all
away:
he
took
away
also
the
shields
of
gold
which
Solomon
had
made.
12:10 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.
12:11 And
it
was
so,
that,
as
oft
as
the
king
entered
into
the
house
of
Jehovah,
the
guard
came
and
bare
them,
and
brought
them
back
into
the
guard-chamber.
12:12 And
when
he
humbled
himself,
the
wrath
of
Jehovah
turned
from
him,
so
as
not
to
destroy
him
altogether:
and
moreover
in
Judah
there
were
good
things
[found].
12:13 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
Jehovah
had
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
put
his
name
there:
and
his
mother's
name
was
Naamah
the
Ammonitess.
12:14 And
he
did
that
which
was
evil,
because
he
set
not
his
heart
to
seek
Jehovah.
12:15 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.
12:16 And
Rehoboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Abijah
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
