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^(c)And it came about in King Rehoboam's fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord , that ^(d)Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: ^(e)the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.

He captured ^(f)the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

Then ^(g)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord , ‘^(h)You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you ^[a]to Shishak.'"

So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The ⁽ⁱ⁾ Lord is righteous."

When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, "^(j)They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and ^(k)My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.

But they will become his slaves so ^(l)that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."

^(m)So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's palace. He took everything; ⁽ⁿ⁾he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made.

Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the ^[b]care of the commanders of the ^[c]guard who guarded the door of the king's house.