Study it in the app“Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says YHWH: ‘You have abandoned me, so I too have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’””
Then Shemaiahוּשְׁמַעְיָהthe prophetהַנָּבִיאcameבָּאtoאֶלRehoboamרְחַבְעָםand the officialsוְשָׂרֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהwhoאֲשֶׁרhad gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּatאֶלJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםbecause ofמִפְּנֵיShishak,שִׁישָׁקand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה‘Youאַתֶּםhave abandonedעֲזַבְתֶּםme,אֹתִיso I tooוְאַף אֲנִיhave abandonedעָזַבְתִּיyouאֶתְכֶםinto the handבְּיַדof Shishak.’”שִׁישָׁק
Shemaiah
Shemaiah: a name meaning "Yah has heard." About twenty-five people in the Bible bear it; among them the man of Elohim who told Rehoboam not to fight against Israel (1 Kings 12:22).
Where else “shemaya” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsRehoboam
Rehoboam: son of Solomon and king after him; in his reign the kingdom was divided and he was left with only Judah and Benjamin (1 Kings 12–14).
Where else “rechavam” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsShishak
Shishak: a king of Egypt who gave refuge to Jeroboam and later came up against Jerusalem in the time of Rehoboam (1 Kings 11:40; 14:25).
Where else “shishak” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azavtem” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Shishak invades Judah
2 Chronicles 12:1-12
1And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he became strong, that he abandoned the instruction of YHWH, and all Israel with him. 2And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem— because they had been unfaithful to YHWH— 3with a thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and there was no number to the people who came with him from Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. 4He captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says YHWH: ‘You have abandoned me, so I too have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’” 6The officials of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “YHWH is righteous.” 7When YHWH saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I will give them escape in a little while, and my fury will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8But they will be his servants, and they will know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.” 9Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king; everything he took. He also took the shields of gold that Solomon had made. 10King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and entrusted them to the hand of the commanders of the runners who guarded the doorway of the king’s house. 11And it happened, as often as the king went into the house of YHWH, the runners came and carried them, and brought them back to the guardroom of the runners. 12When he humbled himself, the anger of YHWH turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also in Judah there were good things.
25And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26He took the treasures of the house of YHWH and the treasures of the house of the king; and everything he took. He also took all the shields of gold that Solomon had made. 27King Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and entrusted them to the hand of the commanders of the runners who guarded the doorway of the king’s house. 28And it happened, as often as the king went into the house of YHWH, that the runners carried them, and brought them back to the guardroom of the runners.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
4He captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 · This verse (above)
6The officials of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “YHWH is righteous.”
