4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came to Jerusalem.
5 Then aShemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah, who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord: ‘You have forsaken Me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak.’ ”
6 So the leaders of Israel and the king ahumbled themselves; and they said, b“The Lord is righteous.”
7 Now when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, athe word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance. My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8 Nevertheless athey will be his servants, that they may distinguish bMy service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations.”
9 aSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had bmade.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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