1 Kings 14:25

25 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem.

1 Kings 14:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:25

And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam
Two years after he and his people fell into the above wicked practices:

that Shishak, king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
of whom see ( 1 Kings 11:40 ) , this was suffered as a chastisement from the Lord for their abominations.

1 Kings 14:25 In-Context

23 For they also built them altars, and statues, and groves, upon every high hill, and under every green tree:

24 There were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the people, whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.

25 And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem.

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king’s treasures, and carried all off: as also the shields of gold which Solomon had made:

27 And Roboam made shields of brass instead of them, and delivered them into the hand of the captains of the shieldbearers, and of them that kept watch before the gate of the king’s house.