King Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah
(1 Kings 14.25-28)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 1,200 chariots and 60,000 cavalry troops, as well as countless Egyptian soldiers from Libya, Sukkoth, and Ethiopia. 4 He captured every one of the fortified cities in Judah and then marched to Jerusalem.
5 Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah had gone to Jerusalem to escape Shishak's invasion. And while they were there, Shemaiah the prophet told them, “The Lord says that because you have disobeyed him, he has now abandoned you. The Lord will not help you against Shishak!”
6 Rehoboam and the leaders were sorry for what they had done and admitted, “The Lord is right. We have deserted him.”
7 When the Lord heard this, he told Shemaiah:
The people of Judah are truly sorry for their sins, and so I won't let Shishak completely destroy them. But because I am still angry, 8 he will conquer and rule them.
Then my people will know what it's like to serve a foreign king instead of serving me.
9 Shishak attacked Jerusalem and took all the valuable things from the temple and from the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.
10 Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe. 11 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 worshiping.
12 Rehoboam turned back to the Lord, and so the Lord did not let Judah be completely destroyed, and Judah was prosperous again.
Rehoboam's Rule in Judah
(1 Kings 14.211 29-31)13 Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king, and he ruled 17 years from Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon. Rehoboam was a powerful king, 14 but he still did wrong and refused to obey the Lord.
15 Everything else Rehoboam did while he was king, including a history of his family, is written in the records of the two prophets, Shemaiah and Iddo. During Rehoboam's rule, he and King Jeroboam of Israel were constantly at war. 16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Abijah became king.
مصر تغزو يهوذا
(1مل 14:25-28)1 وما إنْ ثَبَّتَ رَحُبعامُ مُلْكَهُ ورَسَّخَهُ حتّى ترَكَ شريعةَ الرّبِّ هوَ وجميعُ شعبِهِ. 2 وفي السَّنةِ الخامِسةِ لِمُلْكِهِ عاقَبَهُمُ الرّبُّ على خيانَتِهِم لَه، فزَحَفَ شيشَقُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ على أورُشليمَ 3 في ألفٍ ومئَتَي مَركبَةٍ وسِتِّينَ ألفَ فارسٍ وعدَدٍ لا يُحصى مِنَ الجُنودِ اللَّوبـيِّينَ والسُّكيِّينَ والكوشيِّينَ الّذينَ جاؤُوا معَهُ مِنْ مِصْرَ. 4 فاحتَلَّ مُدُنَ يَهوذا المُحَصَّنةَ ووصَلَ إلى أورُشليمَ. 5 فأقبَلَ شَمَعْيا النَّبـيُّ إلى رَحُبعامَ ورُؤساءِ يَهوذا الّذينَ اجتَمَعوا في أورُشليمَ هرَبا مِنْ وجهِ شيشَقَ، وقالَ لهُم: «هذا ما قالَ الرّبُّ: أنتُم تَركتُموني فتَرَكْتُكُم في يَدِ شيشَقَ». 6 فنَدِمَ المَلِكُ والرُّؤساءُ وقالوا: «الرّبُّ عادلٌ». 7 فلمَّا رأى الرّبُّ أنَّهُم نَدِموا، قالَ لِشَمَعْيا: «بِما أنَّهُم نَدِموا فلن أُهلِكَهُم ولن يَنصَبَّ غضَبـي على أورُشليمَ على يَدِ شيشَقَ، بل أمنَحُهُمُ النَّجاةَ، 8 لكِنَّهُم يخضَعونَ لَه ليَعرِفوا الفَرْقَ بَينَ الخُضوعِ لي والخُضوعِ لِمَمالِكِ الأرضِ».
9 فزَحَفَ شيشَقُ على أورُشليمَ ونهَبَ ما في خَزائِنِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ وقصرِ المَلِكِ، وأخذَ كُلَّ شيءٍ ومِنْ ذلِكَ تُروسُ الذَّهبِ الّتي عَمِلَها سليمانُ. 10 فصَنَعَ المَلِكُ رَحُبعامُ مكانَها تُروسا مِنْ نُحاسٍ وسَلَّمَها إلى قادَةِ الحرَسِ الّذينَ على بابِ القصرِ 11 وكانَ إذا دخَلَ المَلِكُ هَيكلَ الرّبِّ يَجيءُ الحرَسُ ويَحمِلونَ التُّروسَ ثُمَّ يَرُدُّونَها إلى غُرفةِ الحرَسِ. 12 وارتَدَّ غضَبُ الرّبِّ عَنِ المَلِكِ فلم يُبِدْهُ، ذلِكَ أنَّ أشياءَ كثيرةً كانَت لم تَزَلْ حسَنَةً في يَهوذا.
نهاية عهد رحبعام
(1مل 14:21-24،1مل 29-31)13 وملَكَ رَحُبعامُ في أورُشليمَ وقَويَ مُلْكُهُ، وكانَ ابنَ إحدى وأربَعينَ سنَةً حينَ ملَكَ، وملَكَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سنَةً بِأورُشليمَ المدينةِ الّتي اخْتارَها الرّبُّ مِنْ جميعِ أرضِ بَني إِسرائيلَ ليكونَ لاسْمِهِ هَيكلٌ فيها وكانَ اسمُ أُمِّهِ نِعمَةَ العَمُّونيَّةَ. 14 وفعَلَ الشَّرَّ لأنَّهُ لم يعمَلْ بِإرادَةِ الرّبِّ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلبِهِ.
15 وأخبارُ رَحُبعامَ، مِنْ أوَّلِها إلى آخِرِها، مُدَوَّنةٌ في كلامِ شَمَعْيا النَّبـيِّ وعِدُّو الرَّائي. وكانَت بَينَ رَحُبعامَ ويَرُبعامَ حروبٌ مُستَمِرَّةٌ. 16 وماتَ رَحُبعامُ ودُفِنَ معَ آبائِهِ في مدينةِ داوُدَ، وملَكَ أبـيَّا ابنُهُ مكانَهُ.
