Shishak’s Invasion
12 When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him. 2 Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem 3 with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Cushites. 4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 years passed and Rehoboam and the people he led forsook the word of God. God allowed an enemy named king Shishak from Egypt to capture Rehoboam and the people of Judah. Rehoboam made the cities that surrounded where he lived stronger, but king Shishak overtook them also.
5 Then the prophet Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: You have abandoned me; therefore, I have abandoned you to Shishak.”
God explained why they being attacked. The prophet Shemaiah told Rehoboam because they did not want God to lead, he sent them a leader and since you won't fear me, fear Shishak.
6 So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”
So Rehoboam and those that followed him said God is right.
7 When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the Lord’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. 8 However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”
God told the prophet to tell them because you are humble, I will not deal with you harshly. However, you will be the servants of Shemaiah and you will know the difference between allowing me to rule to being rule by a man.
9 So King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem. He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made. 10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[a] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace. 11 Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would carry the shields and take them back to the armory.[b] 12 When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely. Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.
King Shishak took the gold shields Solomon made from the temple and from the house Solomon built for himself. Rehoboam replaces them with a cheaper metal of bronze. The guards did not leave the shield in the temple as Solomon did; they stored them when the king left the temple. Rehoboam humbled himself and the Lord did not destroy him completely. God allowed Judah to prosper during this time.
Rehoboam’s Last Days
13 King Rehoboam established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. 14 Rehoboam did what was evil, because he did not determine in his heart to seek the Lord.
Because Rehoboam did not determine in his heart to seek the Lord it was counted to him as being a leader of evil. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king. Jerusalem was the city God chose to live out of all of the other cities of the children of Israel. Rehoboam's mother is Naamah a woman who was not an Israelite.
15 The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the Events of the Prophet Shemaiah and of the Seer Iddo concerning genealogies. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their reigns. 16 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Abijah[c] became king in his place.
Rehoboam died.
Abijah took his place.
Wars continued between the northern and southern kingdoms. As long as Jeroboam of the northern kingdom and Rehoboam of the southern kingdom, they fought continuously.
Records of who was born of Rehoboam were kept by Iddo, the seer, and the prophet Shemaiah.
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