2 Crônicas 12

¹ And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, andFor such is the inconstancy of the people, that for the most part they follow the vices of their governors.all Israel with him.

² Therefore in the fift yeere of King Rehoboam, Shishak the King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem (because they had transgressed against the Lorde)

³ With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people [were] without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, theWho were a people of Africa called the Troglodytes because they lived in holes.Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

⁴ And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem.

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 saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, andSignifying that no calamity can come to us unless we forsake God, and that he never leaves us till we have cast him off.therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

⁶ Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD [is]Therefore he justly punishes you for your sins.righteous.

⁷ And when the Lorde sawe that they humbled themselues, the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled theselues, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will sende them deliuerance shortly, and my wrath shall not bee powred out vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak.

⁸ Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know myHe shows that God's punishments are not to utterly destroy his, but to chastise them, to bring them to the knowledge of themselves, and to know how much better it is to serve God than tyrants.service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

⁹ Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all, and hee caried away the shields of golde, which Salomon had made.

¹⁰ In stead whereof King Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, that wayted at the doore of the Kings house.

¹¹ And when the King entred into the house of the Lorde, the garde came and bare them and brought them againe vnto the garde chamber.

¹² And when heWhich declares that God does not seek the death of a sinner, but his conversion, (Eze_18:32).humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy [him] altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

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 reignedThat is, twelve years after he had been overcome by Shishak, (2Ch_12:2).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 euill: for hee prepared not his heart to seeke the Lorde.

¹⁵ The actes also of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the booke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and Iddo the Seer, in rehearsing the genealogie? and there was warre alway betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam.

¹⁶ And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.