^25 (A)Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

^2 (A)And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that ^(B)Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem ³ with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: ^(C)the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. ⁴ He captured ^(D)the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. ⁵ Then ^(E)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the Lord, ‘^(F)You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you ^[a]to Shishak.’” ⁶ So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The ^(G)Lord is righteous.”

⁷ When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “^(H)They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and ^(I)My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. ⁸ But they will become his slaves so ^(J)that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”

Plunder Impoverishes Judah

^9 (K)So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; ^(L)he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made.