22. The people of Judah sinned against the Lord and did more to arouse his anger against them than all their ancestors had done.
23. They built places of worship for false gods, and put up stone pillars and symbols of Asherah to worship on the hills and under shady trees.
24. Worst of all, there were men and women who served as prostitutes at those pagan places of worship. The people of Judah practised all the shameful things done by the people whom the Lord had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced into the country.
25. In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
26. He took away all the treasures in the Temple and in the palace, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
27. To replace them, King Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates.
28. Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields, and then returned them to the guardroom.
29. Everything else that King Rehoboam did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
30. During all this time Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly at war with each other.
31. Rehoboam died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Abijah succeeded him as king.