1. As soon as Rehoboam had established his authority as king, he and all his people abandoned the Law of the Lord.
2. In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign their disloyalty to the Lord was punished. King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
3. with an army of 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and more soldiers than could be counted, including Libyan, Sukkite, and Ethiopian troops.
4. He captured the fortified cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem.
5. Shemaiah the prophet went to King Rehoboam and the Judean leaders who had gathered in Jerusalem to escape Shishak. He said to them, “This is the Lord's message to you: ‘You have abandoned me, so now I have abandoned you to Shishak.’ ”
6. The king and the leaders admitted that they had sinned, and they said, “What the Lord is doing is just.”