1And it came to pass , when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established , and he was strong , that he forsook the law of Jehovah , and all Israel with him . 2And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam , that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , because they had trespassed against Jehovah , 3with twelve hundred chariots , and threescore thousand horsemen . And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt : the Lubim , the Sukkiim , and the Ethiopians . 4And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah , and came unto Jerusalem . 5Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam , and to the princes of Judah , that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak , and said unto them , Thus saith Jehovah , Ye have forsaken me , therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak . 6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves ; and they said, Jehovah is righteous . 7And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves , the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah , saying , They have humbled themselves : 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 . 8Nevertheless they shall be his servants , that they may know my service , and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem , and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah , and the treasures of the king ’s house : he took all away : he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made .
Rehoboam's Humility and God's Mercy
10And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass , and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard , that kept the door of the king ’s house . 11And it was so , that , as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah , the guard came and bare them , and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 12And when he humbled himself , the wrath of Jehovah turned from him , so as not to destroy him altogether : and moreover in Judah there were good things found .
The End of Rehoboam's Reign
13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem , and reigned : for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign , and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem , the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel , to put his name there : and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess . 14And he did that which was evil , because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah . 15Now the acts of Rehoboam , first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer , after the manner of genealogies ? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually . 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David : and Abijah his son reigned in his stead .