14:012:007 And when the lord saw that they humbled
themselves, the word
of
the lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled
themselves;
therefore I will not destroy them, but I will
grant
them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured
out
upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
14:012:008 Nevertheless they shall be his servants;
that they may know my
service,
and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
14:012:009 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against
Jerusalem, and took
away
the treasures of the house of the lord, and the
treasures
of
the king’s house; he took all: he carried
away also the
shields
of gold which Solomon had made.
14:012:010 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields
of brass, and
committed
them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that
kept
the entrance of the king’s house.
14:012:011 And when the king entered into the house
of the lord, the
guard
came and fetched them, and brought them again into
the
guard
chamber.
14:012:012 And when he humbled himself, the wrath
of the lord turned from
him,
that he would not destroy him altogether: and
also in
Judah
things went well.
14:012:013 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in
Jerusalem, and
reigned:
for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he
began
to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem,
the
city which the lord had chosen out of all the
tribes of
Israel,
to put his name there. And his mother’s
name was
Naamah
an Ammonitess.
14:012:014 And he did evil, because he prepared not
his heart to seek the
lord.
14:012:015 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last,
are they not written
in
the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer
concerning
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam continually.
14:012:016 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and
was buried in the
city
of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
14:013:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam
began Abijah to
reign
over Judah.
14:013:002 He reigned three years in Jerusalem.
His mother’s name also
was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And
there was
war
between Abijah and Jeroboam.
14:013:003 And Abijah set the battle in array with
an army of valiant men
of
war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam
also
set
the battle in array against him with eight hundred
thousand
chosen men, being mighty men of valour.


