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Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until Solomon's death.
But in the fifth year of Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem. [Shishak was from the 22nd dynasty of Egypt. He hid Jeroboam after Solomon tried to kill him, see .]
But in the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord (Yahweh).
The prophet Shemaiah had come to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem out of fear of Shishak. And he said to them, "Thus says the Lord: You have forsaken me, and therefore I have forsaken you and given you into the hand of Shishak."
When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah. He said, "Because they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them. I will let them escape by a narrow escape, and my wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through the hand of Shishak.
So Shishak, king of Egypt, went up to Jerusalem. He took the treasures from the house of the Lord (Yahweh) and the treasures from the royal palace. He took everything. He also took the gold shields that Solomon had made.
