¶ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam¹ had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook² the law of the LORD, and all Israel³ with him.

And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak⁴ king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because⁵ they had transgressed against the LORD,

With twelve hundred⁶ chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number⁷ that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims⁸, the Sukkiims⁹, and the Ethiopians¹⁰.

And he took the fenced¹² cities which pertained to Judah, and came¹³ to Jerusalem.

Then came Shemaiah¹⁴ the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me,¹⁵ and therefore have I also left you¹⁶ in the hand of Shishak.

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled¹⁷ themselves; and they said, The LORD¹⁸ is righteous.

And when the LORD¹⁹ saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore²⁰ I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some²¹ deliverance; and my wrath²² shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Nevertheless²³ they shall be his servants; that they may²⁴ know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

So Shishak²⁵ king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away²⁶ the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields²⁷ of gold which Solomon had made.

¶ Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass²⁸, and committed them to the hands of the chief²⁹ of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber³⁰.

And when³¹ he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well³².

¶ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam³³ was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city³⁴ which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put³⁵ his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess³⁶.

And he did evil, because he prepared³⁷ not his heart to seek³⁸ the LORD.

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last³⁹, are they not written in the book⁴⁰ of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo⁴¹ the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars⁴² between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

And Rehoboam slept⁴³ with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah⁴⁴ his son reigned in his stead.