2 Chronicles 12 : 1 (NCV)
After Rehoboam's kingdom was set up and he became strong, he and the people of Judah stopped obeying the teachings of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 12 : 2 (NCV)
During the fifth year Rehoboam was king, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, because Rehoboam and the people were unfaithful to the Lord.
2 Chronicles 12 : 3 (NCV)
Shishak had twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. He brought troops of Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites from Egypt with him, so many they couldn't be counted.
2 Chronicles 12 : 4 (NCV)
Shishak captured the strong, walled cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 12 : 5 (NCV)
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, "This is what the Lord says: 'You have left me, so now I will leave you to face Shishak alone.'"
2 Chronicles 12 : 6 (NCV)
Then the leaders of Judah and King Rehoboam were sorry for what they had done. They said, "The Lord does what is right."
2 Chronicles 12 : 7 (NCV)
When the Lord saw they were sorry for what they had done, the Lord spoke his word to Shemaiah, saying, "The king and the leaders are sorry. So I will not destroy them but will save them soon. I will not use Shishak to punish Jerusalem in my anger.
2 Chronicles 12 : 8 (NCV)
But the people of Jerusalem will become Shishak's servants so they may learn that serving me is different than serving the kings of other nations."
2 Chronicles 12 : 9 (NCV)
Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took the treasures from the Temple of the Lord and the king's palace. He took everything, even the gold shields Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12 : 10 (NCV)
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place and gave them to the commanders of the guards for the palace gates.
2 Chronicles 12 : 11 (NCV)
Whenever the king went to the Temple of the Lord, the guards went with him, carrying the shields. Later, they would put them back in the guardroom.
2 Chronicles 12 : 12 (NCV)
When Rehoboam was sorry for what he had done, the Lord held his anger back and did not fully destroy Rehoboam. There was some good in Judah.
2 Chronicles 12 : 13 (NCV)
King Rehoboam made himself a strong king in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for seventeen years. Jerusalem is the city that the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel in which he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from the country of Ammon.
2 Chronicles 12 : 14 (NCV)
Rehoboam did evil because he did not want to obey the Lord.
2 Chronicles 12 : 15 (NCV)
The things Rehoboam did as king, from the beginning to the end, are written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer, in the family histories. There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the time they ruled.
2 Chronicles 12 : 16 (NCV)
Rehoboam died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Abijah became king in his place.
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