1. But as soon as Rehoboam had secured his royal power, he, along with all Israel, abandoned the Lord’s Instruction.
2. Egypt’s King Shishak attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam because Israel had been unfaithful to the Lord.
3. Accompanying Shishak from Egypt were twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horses, and countless Libyan, Sukkite, and Cushite warriors.
4. He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came toward Jerusalem.