12:1 When the rule of Rehobo'am was established and was strong, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
12:1 When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he grew strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, he and all Israel with him.

12:2 In the fifth year of King Rehobo'am, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
12:2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

12:3 with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt -- Libyans, Suk'ki-im, and Ethiopians.
12:3 with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand cavalry. A countless army came with him from Egypt--Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.

12:4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
12:4 He took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

12:5 Then Shemai'ah the prophet came to Rehobo'am and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the LORD, `You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.'"
12:5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the officers of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the LORD: You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak."

12:6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."
12:6 Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is in the right."

12:7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemai'ah: "They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
12:7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying: "They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

12:8 Nevertheless they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."
12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, so that they may know the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands."

12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took away everything. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made;
12:9 So King Shishak of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he took everything. He also took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made;

12:10 and King Rehobo'am made in their stead shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
12:10 but King Rehoboam made in place of them shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.

12:11 And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back to the guardroom.
12:11 Whenever the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard would come along bearing them, and would then bring them back to the guardroom.

12:12 And when he humbled himself the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction; moreover, conditions were good in Judah.
12:12 Because he humbled himself the wrath of the LORD turned from him, so as not to destroy them completely; moreover, conditions were good in Judah.

12:13 So King Rehobo'am established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehobo'am was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's name was Na'amah the Ammonitess.
12:13 So King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.

12:14 And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
12:14 He did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

12:15 Now the acts of Rehobo'am, from first to last, are they not written in the chronicles of Shemai'ah the prophet and of Iddo the seer? There were continual wars between Rehobo'am and Jerobo'am.
12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of the prophet Shemaiah and of the seer Iddo, recorded by genealogy? There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

12:16 And Rehobo'am slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abi'jah his son reigned in his stead.
12:16 Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah succeeded him.