2 Chronicles 12:2-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak^(A) king of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem^(B) ³with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans,^(C) Sukkiim, and Cushites. ⁴He captured the fortified cities^(D) of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

⁵Then Shemaiah^(E) the prophet went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them: “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have abandoned Me; therefore, I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”^(F)

⁶So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”^(G)

⁷When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the Lord’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance.^(H) My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.^(I) ⁸However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving Me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”^(J)

⁹So King Shishak of Egypt went to war^(K) against Jerusalem.^(L) He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.^(M) ¹⁰King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them into the care of the captains of the royal escorts^[a] who guarded the entrance to the king’s palace. ¹¹Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the royal escorts would carry the shields and take them back to the royal escorts’ armory.