Shishak Attacks Jerusalem
1After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel12:1 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles with him abandoned the law of the Lord. 2Because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. 3With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites12:3 That is, people from the upper Nile region that came with him from Egypt, 4he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.’ ”
6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”
7When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. 8They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”
9When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made. 10So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. 11Whenever the king went to the Lord’s temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
12Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.
13King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. 14He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord.
15As for the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. 16Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
Nilusob ni Shisak ang Jerusalem
(1 Hari 14:25-28)
1Nang matatag na ang paghahari ni Rehoboam at makapangyarihan na siya, itinakwil niya at ng buong Israel ang kautusan ng Panginoon. 2Dahil hindi sila matapat sa Panginoon, nilusob ni Haring Shisak ng Egipto, ang Jerusalem noong ikalimang taon ng paghahari ni Rehoboam. 3Kasama ni Shisak ang 1,200 karwahe, 60,000 mangangabayo at napakaraming sundalo, na ang iba sa kanilaʼy galing pa sa Libya, Sukot at Etiopia. 4Sinakop ni Shisak ang napapaderang lungsod ng Juda at lumusob hanggang sa Jerusalem.
5Pagkatapos, pumunta si Propeta Shemaya kay Rehoboam at sa mga pinuno ng Juda na tumakas sa Jerusalem dahil sa takot kay Shisak. Sinabi ni Shemaya sa kanila, “Ito ang sinasabi ng Panginoon: Itinakwil nʼyo ako, kaya ngayon, pababayaan ko kayo kay Shisak.”
6Nagpakumbaba ang hari at ang mga pinuno ng Israel. Sinabi nila, “Matuwid ang Panginoon!”
7Nang makita ng Panginoon na silaʼy nagpakumbaba, sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Shemaya, “Dahil nagpakumbaba sila, hindi ko sila lilipulin at hindi magtatagal ay palalayain ko sila. 8Pero ipapasakop ko sila sa kanya para matutuhan nila na mas mabuti ang maglingkod sa akin kaysa sa paglingkuran ang mga makalupang hari.”
9Nang nilusob ni Haring Shisak ng Egipto ang Jerusalem, ipinakuha niya ang mga kayamanan sa templo ng Panginoon at sa palasyo. Kinuha niya ang lahat, pati ang lahat ng pananggalang na ginto na ipinagawa ni Solomon. 10Kaya nagpagawa si Haring Rehoboam ng mga pananggalang na tanso na kapalit ng mga ito, at ipinamahala niya ito sa mga opisyal ng mga guwardya ng pintuan ng palasyo. 11At kapag pupunta ang hari sa templo ng Panginoon, sasama sa kanya ang mga tagapagbantay na nagdadala ng mga pananggalang na ito, at pagkatapos, ibabalik din nila ito sa kanilang kwarto.
12Dahil nagpakumbaba si Rehoboam, nawala ang galit ng Panginoon sa kanya, at hindi siya nalipol nang lubos. May natira pang kabutihan sa Juda.
13Lalong tumatag ang pamamahala ni Haring Rehoboam at nagpatuloy siya sa paghahari roon sa Jerusalem. Siyaʼy 41 taong gulang nang maging hari, at naghari siya ng 17 taon sa Jerusalem, ang lungsod na pinili ng Panginoon sa lahat ng lahi ng Israel, kung saan pararangalan siya. Ang ina ni Rehoboam ay si Naama na isang Ammonita. 14Pero gumawa ng kasamaan si Rehoboam dahil hindi siya naghangad na hanapin ang Panginoon.
15Ang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Rehoboam mula sa umpisa hanggang sa katapusan ay nakasulat sa Aklat ni Propeta Shemaya at Aklat ni Propeta Iddo, na talaan ng mga salinlahi. Nagpatuloy ang paglalaban nina Rehoboam at Jeroboam. 16Nang mamatay si Rehoboam, inilibing siya sa Lungsod ni David. At ang anak niyang si Abijah ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.
