| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him in this sin. | 1After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD. |
| 2Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign. | 2Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, in King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. |
| 3He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses, and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians. | 3He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. |
| 4Shishak conquered Judah’s fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem. | 4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem. |
| 5The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah’s leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, “This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.” | 5Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.'" |
| 6Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is right in doing this to us!” | 6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just." |
| 7When the LORD saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem. | 7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: "They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. My anger will not be unleashed against Jerusalem through Shishak. |
| 8But they will become his subjects, so they will know the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.” | 8Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations." |
| 9So King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. | 9King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. |
| 10King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. | 10King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. |
| 11Whenever the king went to the Temple of the LORD, the guards would also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom. | 11Whenever the king visited the LORD's temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. |
| 12Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD’s anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land of Judah. Summary of Rehoboam’s Reign | 12So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things. |
| 13King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah, a woman from Ammon. | 13King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. |
| 14But he was an evil king, for he did not seek the LORD with all his heart. | 14He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD. |
| 15The rest of the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other. | 15The events of Rehoboam's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records. |
| 16When Rehoboam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Abijah became the next king. | 16Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king. |
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