2 Chronicles 12:1-7 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.

2 And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem—because they had transgressed against YHWH—

3 with a thousand and two hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt: Libyans and Sukkites and Cushites.

4 And he took the fortified cities that were unto Judah, and he came to Jerusalem.

5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says YHWH, ‘You⁺ have forsaken Me; and also I have abandoned you⁺ all into the hand of Shishak.’”

6 And the leaders of Israel humbled themselves—and the king—and they said, “Righteous is YHWH.”

7 And when YHWH saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I will give to them a little thing for escape, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.