25. After Rehoboam had been king for four years, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
26. He took everything of value from the temple and the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.
27. Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe.
28. Whenever Rehoboam went to the Lord's temple, the guards carried the shields. But they always took them back to the guardroom as soon as he had finished.
29. Everything else Rehoboam did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.
30. He and Jeroboam were constantly at war.
31. Rehoboam's mother Naamah was from Ammon, but when Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Abijam then became king.