In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
Parallel translations
- WEB In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,
- KJV And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
- NKJV And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,
- NASB And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
- NLT Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign.
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Quick answer
In Rehoboam's fifth year, Shishak of Egypt attacks Jerusalem because Judah had been unfaithful to the LORD. Their sin invites divine judgment through a foreign power.
Overview
The Chronicler explicitly links the Egyptian invasion to Judah's trespass against the LORD. Shishak's campaign is presented not merely as politics but as God's chastening hand. This theology of retribution, that forsaking God brings calamity, is central to Chronicles and calls God's people to faithful covenant loyalty.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 11:40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
- 2 Chr 7:19–20But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
- Jer 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Lam 5:15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
- 1 Chr 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Isa 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
- Judg 2:13–15for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
- Ps 106:43–44Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- 1 Kgs 14:24–26There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Jer 44:22–23So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
- 2 Chr 36:14–19Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
- Neh 9:26–27But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
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