2 Chronicles 12:1-8 ▼

1 At the height of his power, after he had consolidated his rule, Rehoboam abandoned the LORD's Law, along with all of Israel with him.

2 Because he had been unfaithful to the LORD, during the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem

3 with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 cavalry. The Lubim, Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians who invaded from Egypt with Shishak were innumerable.

4 Shishak captured the fortified cities of Judah and invaded as far as Jerusalem.

5 Right then, Shemaiah the prophet approached Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he told them, |This is what the LORD says: 'You abandoned me, so I've abandoned you to Shishak.'|

6 In response, the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and declared, |The LORD is righteous.|

7 When the LORD observed that they had humbled themselves, the LORD spoke to Shemaiah, |They have humbled themselves, so I won't destroy them. Instead, I'll grant them some deliverance by not pouring out my indignation on Jerusalem, using Shishak to do it.

8 Nevertheless, they will become his slaves so they may learn to differentiate between what it means to serve me and to serve the kingdoms of these nations.|