2 Chronicles 12 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah

1 When the kingdom ^H4438 of Rehoboam ^H7346 was established ^H3559 and strong ^H2393, he and all ^H3605 Israel ^H3478 with him abandoned ^H5800 the Law ^H8451 of the LORD ^H3068.

2 And it came ^H1961 about ^H1961 in King ^H4428 Rehoboam’s ^H7346 fifth ^H2549 year ^H8141, because ^H3588 they had been ^H4603 unfaithful ^H4603 to the LORD ^H3068, that Shishak ^H7895 king ^H4428 of Egypt ^H4714 came ^H5927 up ^H5927 against ^H5921 Jerusalem ^H3389 3 with 1,200 ^H505 H3967 chariots ^H7393 and sixty ^H8346 thousand ^H505 horsemen ^H6571. And the people ^H5971 who ^H834 came ^H935 with him from Egypt ^H4714 were innumerable ^H369 H4557: the Lubim ^H3864, the Sukkiim ^H5525, and the Ethiopians ^H3569. 4 And he captured ^H3920 the fortified ^H4694 cities ^H5892 of Judah ^H3063 and came ^H935 as far ^H5704 as Jerusalem ^H3389. 5 Then Shemaiah ^H8098 the prophet ^H5030 came ^H935 to Rehoboam ^H7346 and the princes ^H8269 of Judah ^H3063 who ^H834 had gathered ^H622 at Jerusalem ^H3389 because ^H4480 H6440 of Shishak ^H7895, and he said ^H559 to them, “This ^H3541 is ^H3541 what ^H3541 the LORD ^H3068 says ^H559: ‘You have abandoned ^H5800 Me, so I also ^H637 have abandoned ^H5800 you [fn]to Shishak ^H7895.’” 6 So the princes ^H8269 of Israel ^H3478 and the king ^H4428 humbled ^H3665 themselves and said ^H559, “The LORD ^H3068 is righteous ^H6662.”

7 When the LORD ^H3068 saw ^H7200 that they had humbled ^H3665 themselves, the word ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 came ^H1961 to Shemaiah ^H8098, saying ^H559, “They have humbled ^H3665 themselves, so I will not destroy ^H7843 them; and I will grant ^H5414 them a little ^H4592 deliverance ^H6413, and My wrath ^H2534 will not be poured ^H5413 out ^H5413 on Jerusalem ^H3389 by means ^H3027 of Shishak ^H7895. 8 But they will become ^H1961 his slaves ^H5650, so that they may learn ^H3045 the difference between My service ^H5656 and the service ^H5656 of the kingdoms ^H4467 of the countries ^H776.”

Plunder Impoverishes Judah

9 So Shishak ^H7895 king ^H4428 of Egypt ^H4714 went ^H5927 up ^H5927 against ^H5921 Jerusalem ^H3389, and he took ^H3947 the treasures ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068 and the treasures ^H214 of the king’s ^H4428 palace ^H1004. He took ^H3947 everything ^H3605; he even took ^H3947 the gold ^H2091 shields ^H4043 which ^H834 Solomon ^H8010 had made ^H6213.

10 Then King ^H4428 Rehoboam ^H7346 made ^H6213 shields ^H4043 of bronze ^H5178 in ^H8478 their place ^H8478 and committed ^H6485 them to the [fn]care ^H3027 of the commanders ^H8269 of the [fn]guards ^H7323 who guarded ^H8104 the entrance ^H6607 of the king’s ^H4428 house ^H1004. 11 As often ^H1767 as the king ^H4428 entered ^H935 the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068, the [fn]guards ^H7323 came ^H935 and carried ^H5375 them and then brought ^H7725 them back ^H7725 into the [fn]guards’ ^H7323 room ^H8372. 12 And when he humbled ^H3665 himself, the anger ^H639 of the LORD ^H3068 turned ^H7725 away ^H7725 from him, so as not to destroy ^H7843 him completely ^H3617; and conditions ^H1697 were also ^H1571 good ^H2896 in Judah ^H3063.

13 So King ^H4428 Rehoboam ^H7346 became ^H2388 powerful ^H2388 in Jerusalem ^H3389 and reigned ^H4427 there. For Rehoboam ^H7346 was forty-one ^H705 H259 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 when he began to reign ^H4427, and he reigned ^H4427 for seventeen ^H7651 H6240 years ^H8141 in Jerusalem ^H3389, the city ^H5892 which ^H834 the LORD ^H3068 had chosen ^H977 from all ^H3605 the tribes ^H7626 of Israel ^H3478, to put ^H7760 His name ^H8034 there ^H8033. And his mother’s ^H517 name ^H8034 was Naamah ^H5279 the Ammonitess ^H5985. 14 But he did ^H6213 evil ^H7451 because ^H3588 he did not set ^H3559 his heart ^H3820 to seek ^H1875 the LORD ^H3068.

15 Now the acts ^H1697 of Rehoboam ^H7346, from the first ^H7223 to the last ^H314, are they not written ^H3789 in the [fn]records ^H1697 of Shemaiah ^H8098 the prophet ^H5030 and of Iddo ^H5714 the seer ^H2374, according to genealogical ^H3187 enrollment ^H3187? And there were wars ^H4421 between Rehoboam ^H7346 and Jeroboam ^H3379 continually ^H3605 H3117. 16 And Rehoboam ^H7346 [fn]lay ^H7901 down ^H7901 with his fathers ^H1 and was buried ^H6912 in the city ^H5892 of David ^H1732; and his son ^H1121 Abijah ^H29 became ^H4427 king ^H4427 in ^H8478 his place ^H8478.