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Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is in the right."
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When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying: "They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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Nevertheless they shall be his servants, so that they may know the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands."
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So King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house; he took everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made;
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but King Rehoboam made in place of them shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
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Whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard would come along bearing them, and would then bring them back to the guardroom.
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Because he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy them completely; moreover, conditions were good in Judah.