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As soon as Rehoboam had established his authority as king, he and all his people abandoned the Law of the Lord.
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In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign their disloyalty to the Lord was punished. King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
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with an army of twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand cavalry, and more soldiers than could be counted, including Libyan, Sukkite, and Ethiopian troops.
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He captured the fortified cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem.
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Shemaiah the prophet went to King Rehoboam and the Judean leaders who had gathered in Jerusalem to escape Shishak. He said to them, "This is the Lord's message to you: "You have abandoned me, so now I have abandoned you to Shishak.' "
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The king and the leaders admitted that they had sinned, and they said, "What the Lord is doing is just."
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When the Lord saw this, he spoke again to Shemaiah and said to him, "Because they admit their sin, I will not destroy them. But when Shishak attacks, they will barely survive. Jerusalem will not feel the full force of my anger,
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but Shishak will conquer them, and they will learn the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers."
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King Shishak came to Jerusalem and took the treasures from the Temple and from the palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that King Solomon had made.
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