埃及侵犯猶大
1羅波安王位穩定、國勢強盛後，就離棄耶和華的律法，以色列人也都隨從他。 2羅波安王執政第五年，埃及王示撒上來攻打耶路撒冷，因為猶大君民對耶和華不忠。 3示撒率領一千二百輛戰車、六萬騎兵及無數從埃及跟來的利比亞人、蘇基人和古實人。 4他攻陷了猶大的堅城，直逼耶路撒冷。
5那時，猶大各首領因為與示撒的戰事都聚集在耶路撒冷。示瑪雅先知去見羅波安和眾首領，對他們說：「耶和華說，『你們背棄了我，所以我也要離棄你們，把你們交在示撒手中。』」 6王與以色列的眾首領就謙卑下來，說：「耶和華是公義的。」 7耶和華見他們謙卑下來，就對示瑪雅說：「既然他們謙卑下來，我就不滅絕他們，給他們留一條生路。我也不會藉示撒向耶路撒冷傾倒我的憤怒。 8然而，他們必做示撒的僕人，好讓他們體驗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，把耶和華殿裡和王宮裡的財寶擄掠一空，包括所羅門製造的金盾牌。 10羅波安王就造了銅盾牌代替那些金盾牌，交給看守宮門的護衛長看管。 11每次王進耶和華的殿，護衛就帶上盾牌，用完後放回護衛房。 12王謙卑下來後，耶和華便不再向他發怒，沒有將他完全毀滅。況且，在猶大還有一些善事。
羅波安逝世
13羅波安王在耶路撒冷鞏固了自己的勢力，繼續做王。他四十一歲登基，在耶和華從以色列各支派中選來立祂名的耶路撒冷城執政十七年。羅波安的母親是亞捫人拿瑪。 14羅波安行為邪惡，因為他不專心尋求耶和華。
15他執政期間的事自始至終都記在示瑪雅先知和易多先見的史記上。羅波安和耶羅波安之間常有爭戰。 16羅波安與祖先同眠後，葬在大衛城。他兒子亞比雅繼位。
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.
