1 Kings 14:25

25 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak 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 high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

24 and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.

25 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

27 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.