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But they will become his servants so that they can learn the difference between serving me and serving foreign kings."
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King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took the treasures from the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He took them all. He took the gold shields Solomon had made.
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So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and put them by the entrance to the royal palace, where the captains of the guards were stationed.
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Whenever the king went into the LORD's temple, guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.
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After Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD was no longer angry with him and didn't completely destroy him. So things went well in Judah.
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King Rehoboam strengthened his position in Jerusalem and ruled. He was 41 years old when he began to rule. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel, the city where the LORD put his name. (Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.)
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He did evil things because he was not serious about dedicating himself to serving the LORD.
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Aren't the events concerning Rehoboam from first to last written in the records of the prophet Shemaiah and the records of the seer Iddo in the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as they lived.
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Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah succeeded him as king.