Egypt Attacks Judah
1   And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2   And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
3   With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt;   the   Libyans,   the   Sukkiim,   and   the Ethiopians.
4   And  he  took  the  fortified  cities  which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5   Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,  and  to  the  princes  of  Judah,  that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus says the LORD,  You  have  forsaken  me,  and  therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6   Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
7   And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves,  the  word  of  the  LORD  came  to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8   Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9   So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house  of  the  LORD,  and  the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10   In place of them king Rehoboam made shields  of  bronze, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
11   And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12   And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

The Death of Rehoboam
13   So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he  reigned  seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14   And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
15   Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16   And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.