12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam 7346 had established 3559 8687 the kingdom 4438, and had strengthened 2393 himself, he forsook 5800 8804 the law 8451 of the LORD 3068, and all Israel 3478 with him.

12:2 And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth 2549 year 8141 of king 4428 Rehoboam 7346 Shishak 7895 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 came up 5927 8804 against Jerusalem 3389, because they had transgressed 4603 8804 against the LORD 3068,

12:3 With twelve hundred 3967 505 chariots 7393, and threescore 8346 thousand 505 horsemen 6571: and the people 5971 [were] without number 4557 that came 935 8804 with him out of Egypt 4714; the Lubims 3864, the Sukkiims 5525, and the Ethiopians 3569.

12:4 And he took 3920 8799 the fenced 4694 cities 5892 which [pertained] to Judah 3063, and came 935 8799 to Jerusalem 3389.

12:5 Then came 935 8804 Shemaiah 8098 the prophet 5030 to Rehoboam 7346, and [to] the princes 8269 of Judah 3063, that were gathered together 622 8738 to Jerusalem 3389 because 6440 of Shishak 7895, and said 559 8799 unto them, Thus saith 559 8804 the LORD 3068, Ye have forsaken 5800 8804 me, and therefore have I also 637 left 5800 8804 you in the hand 3027 of Shishak 7895.

12:6 Whereupon the princes 8269 of Israel 3478 and the king 4428 humbled 3665 8735 themselves; and they said 559 8799, The LORD 3068 [is] righteous 6662.

12:7 And when the LORD 3068 saw 7200 8800 that they humbled 3665 8738 themselves, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came to Shemaiah 8098, saying 559 8800, They have humbled 3665 8738 themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy 7843 8686 them, but I will grant 5414 8804 them some 4592 deliverance 6413; and my wrath 2534 shall not be poured out 5413 8799 upon Jerusalem 3389 by the hand 3027 of Shishak 7895.(some: or, a little while)

12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants 5650; that they may know 3045 8799 my service 5656, and the service 5656 of the kingdoms 4467 of the countries 776.

12:9 So Shishak 7895 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 came up 5927 8799 against Jerusalem 3389, and took away 3947 8799 the treasures 214 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, and the treasures 214 of the king's 4428 house 1004; he took 3947 8804 all: he carried away 3947 8799 also the shields 4043 of gold 2091 which Solomon 8010 had made 6213 8804.

12:10 Instead of which king 4428 Rehoboam 7346 made 6213 8799 shields 4043 of brass 5178, and committed 6485 8689 [them] to the hands 3027 of the chief 8269 of the guard 7323 8801, that kept 8104 8802 the entrance 6607 of the king's 4428 house 1004.

12:11 And when 1767 the king 4428 entered 935 8800 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, the guard 7323 8801 came 935 8804 and fetched 5375 8804 them, and brought them again 7725 8689 into the guard 7323 8801 chamber 8372.

12:12 And when he humbled 3665 8736 himself, the wrath 639 of the LORD 3068 turned 7725 8804 from him, that he would not destroy 7843 8687 [him] altogether 3617: and also in Judah 3063 things 1697 went well 2896.(and also…: or, and yet in Judah there were good things)

12:13 So king 4428 Rehoboam 7346 strengthened 2388 8691 himself in Jerusalem 3389, and reigned 4427 8799: for Rehoboam 7346 [was] one 259 and forty 705 years 8141 old 1121 when he began to reign 4427 8800, and he reigned 4427 8804 seventeen 7651 6240 years 8141 in Jerusalem 3389, the city 5892 which the LORD 3068 had chosen 977 8804 out of all the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, to put 7760 8800 his name 8034 there. And his mother's 517 name 8034 [was] Naamah 5279 an Ammonitess 5985.

12:14 And he did 6213 8799 evil 7451, because he prepared 3559 8689 not his heart 3820 to seek 1875 8800 the LORD 3068.(prepared: or, fixed)

12:15 Now the acts 1697 of Rehoboam 7346, first 7223 and last 314, [are] they not written 3789 8803 in the book 1697 of Shemaiah 8098 the prophet 5030, and of Iddo 5714 the seer 2374 concerning genealogies 3187 8692? And [there were] wars 4421 between Rehoboam 7346 and Jeroboam 3379 continually 3117.(book: Heb. words)

12:16 And Rehoboam 7346 slept 7901 8799 with his fathers 1, and was buried 6912 8735 in the city 5892 of David 1732: and Abijah 29 his son 1121 reigned 4427 8799 in his stead.

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