1. When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the Lord — he and all Israel with him.
2. Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem
3. with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt — Libyans, Sukkiim, and Cushites.
4. He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5. Then Shemaiah the prophet went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them: “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have abandoned Me; therefore, I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’ ”
6. So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”