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.
Sisac invade Jerusalén
12:9-16 – 1R 14:21,25-31
1Después de que Roboán consolidó su reino y se afirmó en el trono, él y todo Israel abandonaron la Ley del Señor 2y fueron infieles. Por eso Sisac, rey de Egipto, atacó a Jerusalén en el quinto año del reinado de Roboán. 3Con mil doscientos carros de combate, sesenta mil jinetes y una innumerable multitud de libios, suquíes y cusitas procedentes de Egipto, 4Sisac conquistó las ciudades fortificadas de Judá y llegó hasta Jerusalén.
5Entonces el profeta Semaías se presentó ante Roboán y los líderes de Judá que por miedo a Sisac se habían reunido en Jerusalén y les dijo:
—Así dice el Señor: “Como ustedes me abandonaron, ahora yo también los abandono, para que caigan en manos de Sisac”.
6Los líderes israelitas y el rey confesaron con humildad:
—¡El Señor es justo!
7Cuando el Señor vio que se habían humillado, habló nuevamente a Semaías y le dijo: «Puesto que han mostrado humildad, ya no voy a destruirlos; dentro de poco tiempo los libraré. No voy a permitir que Sisac ejecute mi castigo sobre Jerusalén, 8aunque sí dejaré que los someta a su dominio, para que aprendan la diferencia que hay entre servirme a mí y servir a los reyes de otros países».
9Sisac, rey de Egipto, atacó a Jerusalén y se llevó los tesoros del Templo del Señor y del palacio real. Se lo llevó todo, aun los escudos de oro que Salomón había hecho. 10Para reemplazarlos, el rey Roboán mandó hacer escudos de bronce y los puso al cuidado de los comandantes de la guardia que custodiaba la entrada del palacio real. 11Siempre que el rey iba al Templo del Señor, los guardias lo acompañaban portando los escudos, pero luego los devolvían a la sala de los centinelas.
12Por haberse humillado Roboán, y porque aún quedaba algo bueno en Judá, el Señor apartó su ira de él y no lo destruyó por completo; 13así que el rey Roboán afirmó su trono y continuó reinando en Jerusalén. Tenía cuarenta y un años cuando comenzó a reinar. Reinó diecisiete años en Jerusalén, la ciudad donde, de entre todas las tribus de Israel, el Señor había decidido poner su Nombre. La madre de Roboán era una amonita llamada Noamá. 14Pero Roboán actuó mal, porque no tuvo el firme propósito de buscar al Señor.
15Los acontecimientos del reinado de Roboán, desde el primero hasta el último, incluyendo las constantes guerras que hubo entre Jeroboán y él, están escritos en las crónicas del profeta Semaías y del vidente Idó.
16Cuando Roboán murió, fue sepultado en la Ciudad de David; su hijo Abías lo sucedió en el trono.
