II Chronicles 12

vayehi kehakhin malkhut rekhavam ukhekhezqato azav et-torat Adonai vekhol-yisra'el immo

When the kingship of Rehoboam was firmly established, and he grew strong, he abandoned the Teaching of GOD, he and all Israel with him.

vayehi bashanah hakhamishit lammelekh rekhavam alah shishaq melekh-mitsrayim al-yerushalai͏m ki ma'alu ba-Adonai

In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt marched against Jerusalem—for they had trespassed against GOD—

be'elef umatayim rekhev uveshishim elef parashim ve'en mispar la'am asher-ba'u immo mimmitsrayim luvim sukkiyyim vekhushim

with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 riders and innumerable troops who came with him from Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

vayyilkod et-are hammetsurot asher lihudah vayyavo ad-yerushalai͏m

He took the fortified towns of Judah and advanced on Jerusalem.

ushemayah hannavi ba el-rekhavam vesare yehudah asher-ne'esfu el-yerushalai͏m mippene shishaq vayyomer lahem koh-amar Adonai attem azavtem oti ve'af-ani azavti etkhem beyad-shishaq

The prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the officers of Judah, who had assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus said GOD: You have abandoned Me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.”

vayyikkane'u sare-yisra'el vehammelekh vayyomeru tsaddiq Adonai

Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and declared, “GOD is in the right.”

uvirot Adonai ki nikhna'u hayah devar-Adonai el-shemayah lemor nikhne'u lo ashkhitem venatatti lahem kimat lifletah velo-tittakh khamati birushalai͏m beyad-shishaq

When GOD saw that they had submitted, the word of GOD came to Shemaiah, saying, “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

ki yihyu-lo la'avadim veyede'u avodati va'avodat mamlekhot ha'aratsot

They will be subject to him, and they will know the difference between serving Me and serving the kingdoms of the earth.” King Shishak of Egypt marched against Jerusalem.

vayya'al shishaq melekh-mitsrayim al-yerushalai͏m vayyiqqakh et-otserot bet-Adonai ve'et-otserot bet hammelekh et-hakkol laqakh vayyiqqakh et-maginne hazzahav asher asah shelomoh

He took away the treasures of the House of GOD and the treasures of the royal palace; he took away everything; he took away the golden shields that Solomon had made.

vayya'as hammelekh rekhavam takhtehem maginne nekhoshet vehifqid al-yad sare haratsim hashomerim petakh bet hammelekh

King Rehoboam had bronze shields made in their place, and entrusted them to the officers of the guard who guarded the entrance to the royal palace.

vayehi midde-vo hammelekh bet Adonai ba'u haratsim unesa'um veheshivum el-ta haratsim

Whenever the king entered the House of GOD, the guards would carry them and then bring them back to the armory of the guards.

uvehikkane'o shav mimmennu af-Adonai velo lehashkhit lekhalah vegam bihudah hayah devarim tovim

After he had humbled himself, the anger of GOD was averted and he was not destroyed entirely; in Judah, too, good things were found.

vayyitkhazzeq hammelekh rekhavam birushalai͏m vayyimlokh ki ven-arba'im ve'akhat shanah rekhavam bemolkho usheva esreh shanah malakh birushalai͏m ha'ir asher-bakhar Adonai lasum et-shemo sham mikkol shivte yisra'el veshem immo na'amah ha'ammonit

King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and exercised kingship. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem—the city GOD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to establish a temple there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

vayya'as hara ki lo hekhin libbo lidrosh et-Adonai

He did what was wrong, for he had not set his heart to seek GOD.

vedivre rekhavam harishonim veha'akharonim halo-hem ketuvim bedivre shemayah hannavi ve'iddo hakhozeh lehityakhes umilkhamot rekhavam veyarovam kol-hayyamim

The deeds of Rehoboam, early and late, are recorded in the chronicles of the prophet Shemaiah and Iddo the seer, in the manner of genealogy. There was continuous war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

vayyishkav rekhavam im-avotayw vayyiqqaver be'ir david vayyimlokh aviyyah veno takhtayw

Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah succeeded him as king.