1 cumque roboratum fuisset regnum Roboam et confortatum
dereliquit legem Domini et omnis Israhel cum eo
2 anno autem quinto regni Roboam
ascendit Sesac rex Aegypti in Hierusalem
quia peccaverunt Domino
3 cum mille ducentis curribus et sexaginta milibus equitum
nec erat numerus vulgi quod venerat cum eo ex Aegypto
Lybies scilicet et Trogoditae et Aethiopes
4 cepitque civitates munitissimas in Iuda
et venit usque Hierusalem
5 Semeias autem propheta ingressus est ad Roboam
et principes Iuda qui congregati fuerant in Hierusalem fugientes Sesac
dixitque ad eos haec dicit Dominus
vos reliquistis me et ego reliqui vos in manu Sesac
6 consternatique principes Israhel et rex dixerunt
iustus est Dominus
7 cumque vidisset Dominus quod humiliati essent
factus est sermo Domini ad Semeiam dicens
quia humiliati sunt non disperdam eos
daboque eis pauxillum auxilii
et non stillabit furor meus super Hierusalem per manum Sesac
8 verumtamen servient ei
ut sciant distantiam servitutis meae et servitutis regni
terrarum
9 recessit itaque Sesac rex Aegypti ab Hierusalem
sublatis thesauris domus Domini et domus regis
omniaque secum tulit et clypeos aureos quos fecerat Salomon
10 pro quibus fecit rex aeneos
et tradidit illos principibus scutariorum
qui custodiebant vestibulum palatii
11 cumque introiret rex domum Domini
veniebant scutarii et tollebant eos
iterumque referebant ad armamentarium suum
12 verumtamen quia humiliati sunt
aversa est ab eis ira Domini nec deleti sunt penitus
siquidem et in Iuda inventa sunt opera bona
13 confortatus est igitur rex Roboam in Hierusalem atque regnavit
quadraginta autem et unius anni erat cum regnare coepisset
et decem septemque annis regnavit in Hierusalem
urbe quam elegit Dominus
ut confirmaret nomen suum ibi de cunctis tribubus Israhel
nomenque matris eius Naama Ammanitis
14 fecit autem malum
et non praeparavit cor suum ut quaereret Dominum
15 opera vero Roboam prima et novissima
scripta sunt in libris Semeiae prophetae et Addo videntis
et diligenter exposita
pugnaveruntque adversum se Roboam et Hieroboam cunctis diebus
16 et dormivit Roboam cum patribus suis
sepultusque est in civitate David
et regnavit Abia filius eius pro eo
1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. 7 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. 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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.
13 ¶ 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 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. 15 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. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.