1. Soon after Rehoboam had control of his kingdom, he and everyone in Judah stopped obeying the Lord.
2. So in the fifth year of Rehoboam's rule, the Lord punished them for their unfaithfulness and allowed King Shishak of Egypt to invade Judah.
3. Shishak attacked with his army of one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand cavalry troops, as well as Egyptian soldiers from Libya, Sukkoth, and Ethiopia.
4. He captured every one of the fortified cities in Judah and then marched to Jerusalem.