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2 Chronicles 12

Once secure, Rehoboam "abandoned the LORD's law," and in his fifth year Shishak of Egypt storms Judah with 1,200 chariots. Shemaiah delivers the verdict: "You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you." But when the king and princes humble themselves and say "The LORD is righteous," the sentence is commuted to servitude, not ruin. Watch the golden shields: Shishak strips them from the temple, and Rehoboam replaces them with bronze—a downgrade the guards carry in and out like a daily reminder.

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2 Chronicles 12 (WEB)

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When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the LORD’s law, and all Israel with him.
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In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against the LORD,
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with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
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He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “The LORD says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’”
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Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “The LORD is righteous.”
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When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the LORD’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
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So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
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King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
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As often as the king entered into the LORD’s house, the guard came and bore them, then brought them back into the guard room.
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When he humbled himself, the LORD’s wrath turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether. Moreover, there were good things found in Judah.
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So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned; for Rehoboam 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 Naamah the Ammonitess.
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He did that which was evil, because he didn’t set his heart to seek the LORD.
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Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren’t they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
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Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

2 Crônicas 12 (WPB)

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Quando o reino de Roboão foi estabelecido e ele se tornou forte, ele abandonou a lei do SENHOR, e todo o Israel com ele.
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No quinto ano do rei Roboão, Sisaque, rei do Egito, subiu contra Jerusalém, porque eles haviam transgredido contra o SENHOR,
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com mil e duzentos carros e sessenta mil cavaleiros. Era inumerável o povo que veio com ele do Egito: os líbios, os suquitas e os etíopes.
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Ele tomou as cidades fortificadas que pertenciam a Judá e chegou a Jerusalém.
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Então o profeta Semaías veio a Roboão e aos príncipes de Judá, que estavam reunidos em Jerusalém por causa de Sisaque, e lhes disse: “Assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Vocês me abandonaram, portanto eu também os deixei nas mãos de Sisaque.’”
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Então os príncipes de Israel e o rei se humilharam, e disseram: “O SENHOR é justo.”
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Quando o SENHOR viu que eles se humilharam, a palavra do SENHOR veio a Semaías, dizendo: “Eles se humilharam. Não os destruirei, mas lhes concederei algum livramento, e a minha ira não será derramada sobre Jerusalém pelas mãos de Sisaque.
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Contudo, eles serão seus servos, para que conheçam o meu serviço e o serviço dos reinos das outras terras.”
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Assim Sisaque, rei do Egito, subiu contra Jerusalém e levou os tesouros da casa do SENHOR e os tesouros da casa do rei. Ele levou tudo. Também levou os escudos de ouro que Salomão havia feito.
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Em seu lugar, o rei Roboão fez escudos de bronze e os confiou às mãos dos capitães da guarda, que guardavam a porta da casa do rei.
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Sempre que o rei entrava na casa do SENHOR, os guardas vinham e os carregavam, e depois os traziam de volta para a sala da guarda.
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Como ele se humilhou, a ira do SENHOR se desviou dele, para não o destruir totalmente. Além disso, encontraram-se coisas boas em Judá.
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Assim o rei Roboão se fortaleceu em Jerusalém e reinou; pois Roboão tinha quarenta e um anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezessete anos em Jerusalém, a cidade que o SENHOR havia escolhido dentre todas as tribos de Israel para ali colocar o seu nome. O nome de sua mãe era Naamá, a amonita.
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Ele fez o que era mau, porque não dispôs o seu coração para buscar o SENHOR.
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Ora, os atos de Roboão, os primeiros e os últimos, não estão escritos nos registros do profeta Semaías e do vidente Ido, nas genealogias? Houve guerras contínuas entre Roboão e Jeroboão.
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Roboão dormiu com seus pais e foi sepultado na Cidade de Davi; e Abias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

A reign weighed on one hinge

The chronicler stakes the whole chapter on the word "humbled" (vv. 6, 7, 12): repentance turns wrath aside even as the plunder is lost. Yet the epitaph in verse 14 is unsparing—Rehoboam "did evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek the LORD." That verb "seek," a keyword running through these chapters, is exactly what separates him from the reforming kings who follow.

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