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and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims and the Ethiopians. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus says the LORD: You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>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.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>And he did evil before the LORD, for he did not prepare his heart to worship the LORD and to seek him with all his heart.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Now these are the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, to do evil before the LORD God of Israel. And there were wars between Rehoboam the son of Solomon and Jeroboam the son of Nebat continually. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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