The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 12
1 When the kingdom of Rehoboam was
established and he was strong, he abandoned Yahweh’s law, and all Israel with
him.
2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam,
Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, because they had trespassed
against Yahweh,
3 with twelve hundred chariots and sixty
thousand horsemen. The people were
without number who came with him out
of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the
Ethiopians.
4 He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to
Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah,
who were gathered together to Jerusalem
because of Shishak, and said to them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me,
therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’
6 Then the princes of Israel and the king
humbled themselves; and they said, “Yahweh is righteous.”
7 When Yahweh saw that they humbled
themselves, Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves.
I will not destroy them, but I
will grant them some deliverance, and my
wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem
by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless they will be his servants,
that they may know my service, and the
service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures
of the king’s house. He took it all away. He
also took away the shields of gold which
Solomon had made.
10 King Rehoboam made shields of
bronze in their place, and committed them
to the hands of the captains of the guard,
who kept the door of the king’s house.
11 As often as the king entered into Yahweh’s house, the guard came and bore
them, then brought them back into the
guard room.
12 When he humbled himself, Yahweh’s
wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there
were good things found in Judah.
13 So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel
to put his name there. His mother’s name
was Naamah the Ammonitess.
14 He did that which was evil, because he
didn’t set his heart to seek Yahweh.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and
last, aren’t they written in the histories
of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the
seer, in the genealogies? There were wars
between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and
was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his
son reigned in his place.