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2 Chronicles chapter 12

Once Rehoboam had established his kingdom and felt secure, he abandoned the of — and all of Israel with him.In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, king of Egypt marched against Jerusalem — because they had been to Yahweh.He came with twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand cavalry, and an uncountable army of , Sukkites, and from Egypt.He captured the of Judah and advanced all the way to Jerusalem.Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He told them, “This is what Yahweh says: to Shishak.”The leaders of Israel and the king and said, “.”When Yahweh saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah: “They’ve humbled themselves, so I won’t destroy them. I’ll grant them , and won’t be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.But they will become his — so they learn of other nations.”So Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. He seized the treasures of and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything — including the Solomon had made.King Rehoboam replaced them with and assigned them to the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.Whenever the king went to Yahweh’s Temple, the guards would carry the shields, then return them to the guardroom afterward.Because Rehoboam , Yahweh’s anger turned away from him, and he wasn’t completely destroyed. In fact, in Judah.King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued to reign. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem — the city Yahweh had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel as the place . His mother’s name was .He because he Yahweh.The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end — aren’t they written in of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the , arranged as genealogies? There was constant warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.Then Rehoboam and was buried in the . His son Abijah became king in his place.