<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> had <sn="3559">established</s> the <sn="4438">kingdom</s>, and had <sn="2394">strengthened</s> himself, he <sn="5800">forsook</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8451">law</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='2'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that in the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="7895">Shishak</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they had <sn="4603">transgressed</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>With twelve <sn="505 3967">hundred</s><sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="8346">threescore</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6571">horsemen</s>: and the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="369">without</s><sn="4557">number</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5973">with</s> him out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>; the <sn="3864">Lubims</s>, the <sn="5525">Sukkiims</s>, and the <sn="3569">Ethiopians</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And he <sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4694">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s><sn="834">which</s> pertained to <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="935">came</s><sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s>, and to the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were gathered <sn="622">together</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> because <sn="4480 6440">of</s><sn="7895">Shishak</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="859">Ye</s> have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and therefore have <sn="589">I</s><sn="637">also</s><sn="5800">left</s> you in the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="7895">Shishak</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Whereupon the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and the <sn="4428">king</s> humbled <sn="3665">themselves</s>; and they <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="6662">righteous</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And when the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they humbled <sn="3665">themselves</s>, the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, They have humbled <sn="3665">themselves</s>; therefore I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7843">destroy</s> them, but I will <sn="5414">grant</s> them <sn="4592">some</s><sn="6413">deliverance</s>; and my <sn="2534">wrath</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be poured <sn="5413">out</s> upon <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="7895">Shishak</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">Nevertheless</s> they shall <sn="1961">be</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>; that they may <sn="3045">know</s> my <sn="5656">service</s>, and the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">countries</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>So <sn="7895">Shishak</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and took <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>; he <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s>: he carried <sn="3947">away</s><sn="*853"></s> also the <sn="4043">shields</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> had <sn="6213">made</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Instead <sn="8478">of</s> which <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="4043">shields</s> of <sn="5178">brass</s>, and <sn="6485">committed</s> them <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="7323">guard</s>, that <sn="8104">kept</s> the <sn="6607">entrance</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="4480 1767">when</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> entered <sn="1961 935">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="7323">guard</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="5375">fetched</s> them, and brought them <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="7323">guard</s><sn="8372">chamber</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And when he humbled <sn="3665">himself</s>, the <sn="639">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7725">turned</s><sn="4480">from</s> him, that he would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7843">destroy</s> him <sn="3617">altogether</s>: and <sn="1571">also</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1697">things</s><sn="1961">went</s><sn="2896">well</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>So <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> strengthened <sn="2388">himself</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> was <sn="259">one</s> and <sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7651 6240">seventeen</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="977">chosen</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, to <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8033">there</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="5279">Naamah</s> an <sn="5984">Ammonitess</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he <sn="3559">prepared</s><sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Now the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s>, <sn="7223">first</s> and <sn="314">last</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="1697">book</s> of <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, and of <sn="5714">Iddo</s> the <sn="2374">seer</s> concerning <sn="3187">genealogies</s>? And there were <sn="4421">wars</s> between <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s> and <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s><sn="3605 3117">continually</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="7346">Rehoboam</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>: and <sn="29">Abijah</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>