0 SAB 2 Chronicles 12

Asa ... was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. 16:12

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2 Chronicles

CHAPTER 12

God makes Judah Shishak's slave
12:1-16

1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

Rehoboam and everyone in Israel disobeyed God's laws.

2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,

So God sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, to destroy them.

3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

Shishak had 1200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and more soldiers than could be numbered.

4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

He conquered the cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem.

5Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

Shemiah, Rehoboam's prophet, came to him and said,
This is what God says,
You have forsaken me, so I sent Shishak to destroy you.

6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

So King Rehoboam and the princes humbled themselves, and said,
God is righteous.

7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

God saw that they humbled themselves, so the word of God came to Shemiah, saying
They've humbled themselves, so I won't destroy them.

8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

I'll make them Shishak's slaves instead.

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

So Shishak came to Jerusalem and took all the treasures in God's house, and in the king's house, along with Solomon's gold shields.

12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

Because Rehoboam humbled himself, God didn't have him destroyed altogether.

And things in Judah went well.

14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

But Rehoboam did evil, because he didn't try to seek God.

15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

The rest of Rehoboam's acts can be found in in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies.

16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

Rehoboam died, and Abijah his son became king of Judah.
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