Shishak takes Jerusalem’s treasures
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Date: Judah · Rehoboam’s fifth year; his reign summarized
Judah also turns to forbidden worship under Rehoboam. In his fifth year Shishak of Egypt attacks Jerusalem and takes temple and palace treasures. Rehoboam replaces Solomon’s gold shields with bronze, and conflict with Jeroboam continues.
This southern account overlaps Jeroboam’s reign in the north; its placement is not a date after Jeroboam’s death. Kings does not portray Judah as faithful simply because David’s dynasty and the temple remain there. The chapter closes by summarizing the end of Rehoboam’s reign.
Primary Scripture
14:21 Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
14:24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
14:25 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
14:26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
14:27 Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
14:28 And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
14:29 As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
14:30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
Related Scripture
2 Chronicles 12:1–12 · parallel
Chronicles gives a longer account of the invasion, the prophetic warning and the leaders’ response.
Location evidence
Jerusalem is identified. No precise attack route or location for removing the treasures is supplied.
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [35.234167, 31.776667]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Jerusalem: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.234167, 31.776667]. Classification source: editorial.
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For the class
What does the loss of the treasures reveal about the limits of inherited splendor?
Interpretation and reuse
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