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therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Rehoboam’s Reign and Death<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_kings/14.htm#21">1 Kings 14:21–24</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He 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 in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> reigned in his place.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, Judah; in 2 Chronicles, Judah is occasionally called Israel, as representative of the true Israel.<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>charioteers</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, people from the upper Nile region<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Abijah</i> is a variant of <i>Abijam</i>; see <a href="../1_kings/14.htm#31">1 Kings 14:31</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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