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.
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、六万骑兵及无数从埃及跟来的利比亚人、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，犹大各首领因为与示撒的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君王的不同。”
9埃及王示撒攻陷了耶路撒冷，把耶和华殿里和王宫里的财宝掳掠一空，包括所罗门制造的金盾牌。 10罗波安王就造了铜盾牌代替那些金盾牌，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，在耶和华从以色列各支派中选来立祂名的耶路撒冷城执政十七年。罗波安的母亲是亚扪人拿玛。 14罗波安行为邪恶，因为他不专心寻求耶和华。
15他执政期间的事自始至终都记在示玛雅先知和易多先见的史记上。罗波安和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。
