埃及侵犯犹大
1罗波安王位稳定、国势强盛后，就离弃耶和华的律法，以色列人也都随从他。 2罗波安王执政第五年，埃及王示撒上来攻打耶路撒冷，因为犹大君民对耶和华不忠。 3示撒率领一千二百辆战车、六万骑兵及无数的路比人、苏基人和古实人。 4他攻陷了犹大的坚城，直逼耶路撒冷。
5那时，犹大各首领因为战事都聚集在耶路撒冷。示玛雅先知去见罗波安和众首领，对他们说：“耶和华说，‘你们背弃了我，所以我也要离弃你们，把你们交在示撒手中。’” 6王与以色列的众首领听了，就谦卑下来说：“耶和华是公义的。” 7耶和华见他们谦卑下来，就对示玛雅说：“既然他们谦卑下来，我就不灭绝他们，给他们留一条生路。我也不会借示撒向耶路撒冷倾倒我的愤怒。 8然而，他们必做示撒的仆人，好让他们体验事奉我和服侍世上的君王的不同。”
9埃及王示撒带兵攻陷了耶路撒冷，把耶和华殿里和王宫里的财宝及所罗门造的金盾牌掳掠一空。 10罗波安王就造了铜盾牌代替金盾牌，交给看守宫门的护卫长看管。 11每次王进耶和华的殿，护卫兵就带上盾牌，用完后放回护卫房。 12王谦卑下来后，耶和华便不再向他发怒，没有将他完全毁灭。况且，在犹大还有一些善事。
罗波安逝世
13罗波安王在耶路撒冷巩固了自己的势力，继续做王。他四十一岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政十七年。耶和华从以色列众支派中选择耶路撒冷作为立祂名的城。罗波安的母亲叫拿玛，是亚扪人。 14罗波安行为邪恶，因为他不专心寻求耶和华。
15他执政期间的事件自始至终都记在示玛雅先知和易多先见的史记上。罗波安与耶罗波安之间常有争战。 16罗波安与祖先同眠后，葬在大卫城。他儿子亚比雅继位。
Shishak Attacks Jerusalem
1Rehoboam had made his position as king secure. He had become very strong. Then he turned away from the law of the Lord. So did all the people of Judah. 2They hadn’t been faithful to the Lord. So Shishak attacked Jerusalem. It was in the fifth year that Rehoboam was king. Shishak was king of Egypt. 3He came with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. Troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites came with him from Egypt. There were so many of them they couldn’t be counted. 4Shishak captured the cities of Judah that had high walls around them. He came all the way to Jerusalem.
5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah. They had gathered together in Jerusalem. They were afraid of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “The Lord says, ‘You have left me. So now I am leaving you to Shishak.’ ”
6The king and the leaders of Israel made themselves humble in the Lord’s sight. They said, “The Lord does what is right and fair.”
7The Lord saw they had made themselves humble. So he gave a message to Shemaiah. The Lord said, “They have made themselves humble in my sight. So I will not destroy them. Instead, I will soon save them. Even though I am very angry with Jerusalem, I will not use Shishak to destroy them. 8But the people of Jerusalem will be brought under his control. Then they will learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”
9Shishak, the king of Egypt, attacked Jerusalem. He carried away the treasures of the Lord’s temple. He also carried the treasures of the royal palace away. He took everything. That included the gold shields Solomon had made. 10So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to take their place. He gave them to the commanders of the guards who were on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 11Every time the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him. They carried the shields. Later, they took them back to the room where they were kept.
12Rehoboam had made himself humble in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord turned his anger away from him. Rehoboam wasn’t totally destroyed. In fact, some good things happened in Judah.
13King Rehoboam had made his position secure in Jerusalem. He continued as king. He was 41 years old when he became king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem. It was the city the Lord had chosen out of all the cities in the tribes of Israel. He wanted to put his Name there. The name of Rehoboam’s mother was Naamah from Ammon. 14Rehoboam did what was evil. That’s because he hadn’t worshiped the Lord with all his heart.
15The events of Rehoboam’s rule from beginning to end are written down. They are written in the records of Shemaiah and Iddo, the prophets. The records deal with family histories. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other. 16Rehoboam joined the members of his family who had already died. He was buried in the City of David. Rehoboam’s son Abijah became the next king after him.
