An Egyptian Invasion of Judah
(1 Kings 14.25-28)1 As soon as Rehoboam had established his authority as king, he and all his people abandoned the Law of the Lord. 2 In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign their disloyalty to the Lord was punished. King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem 3 with an army of twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand cavalry, and more soldiers than could be counted, including Libyan, Sukkite, and Ethiopian troops. 4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem.
5 Shemaiah the prophet went to King Rehoboam and the Judean leaders who had gathered in Jerusalem to escape Shishak. He said to them, “This is the Lord's message to you: ‘You have abandoned me, so now I have abandoned you to Shishak.’”
6 The king and the leaders admitted that they had sinned, and they said, “What the Lord is doing is just.”
7 When the Lord saw this, he spoke again to Shemaiah and said to him, “Because they admit their sin, I will not destroy them. But when Shishak attacks, they will barely survive. Jerusalem will not feel the full force of my anger, 8 but Shishak will conquer them, and they will learn the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.”
9 King Shishak came to Jerusalem and took the treasures from the Temple and from the palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that King Solomon had made. 10 To replace them, Rehoboam made bronze shields and entrusted them to the officers responsible for guarding the palace gates. 11 Every time the king went to the Temple, the guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom. 12 Because he submitted to the Lord, the Lord's anger did not completely destroy him, and things went well for Judah.
Summary of Rehoboam's Reign
13 Rehoboam ruled in Jerusalem and increased his power as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen from all the territory of Israel as the place where he was to be worshiped. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, from the land of Ammon. 14 He did what was evil, because he did not try to find the Lord's will.
15 Rehoboam's acts from beginning to end and his family records are found in The History of Shemaiah the Prophet and The History of Iddo the Prophet. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly at war with each other. 16 Rehoboam died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City and his son Abijah succeeded him as king.
Ovaengipte mave rwisa Ovajuda
(1Ozo 14:25-28)1 Nu kombunda Rehabeam tja za nokuzikamisa ouhona we otja ombara onamasa, eye nOvaisrael avehe otji va isa Omatwako wa Muhona. 2 Mena rokutja owo kava ri ovaṱakame ku Muhona, Sisak, ombara ya Engipte, wa rwisa Jerusalem mombura oitjatano youhona wa Rehabeam. 3 Eye wa hongorera otjimbumba tjovita tjomatemba wovita 1 200, novakavire voukambe 60,000, novarwe wovita ovengi mbe ha sora okuvarwa puna ovarwe wovita vOvalibie novOvasuki novOvaetiopi. 4 Eye wa huura ovihuro vya Juda mbya zeuparisiwa, na ryama nga kOjerusalem.
5 Semaja omuprofete wa ya kombara Rehabeam na kovanane va Juda, mba woronganena mOjerusalem tji va taura ku Sisak. Semaja we ve raera nai: “Ombuze ya Muhona ku eṋe oyo ndji: ‘Eṋe mwe ndji esa; nambano ami otji mbe mu esa mouvara wa Sisak!’ ”
6 Ombara novanane ve risusuparisa nave tja: “Muhona eye omusemba.”
7 Muhona tja muna otjiṋa hi, eye wa hungira rukwao ku Semaja ne mu raere nai: “Owo tjinga ave risusuparisa, ami hi nokuveyandeka. Meve yama tjimanga, nu Jerusalem katji nokumuna omasa womazenge wandje, Sisak tji me tji rwisa. 8 Nungwari Sisak meve havere, nowo otji mave rihongo okupangura pokati kokukarera ami nokukarera ovahona wokombanda yehi.”
9 Ombara Sisak weya kOjerusalem na huura ovihuze vyondjuwo ya Muhona novyondjuwo youhona. Eye wa huura oviṋa avihe, wina otuvao twongoldo tu twa ungurirwe i ombara Salomo. 10 Moruveze rwatwo Rehabeam wa ungura otuvao twongoporo ne tu yandja kovahongore vaimba mbaa ve tjevere pomahitiro wondjuwo youhona. 11 Aruhe ombara tjaa i kondjuwo ya Muhona, ovatjevere ave tjindi itwi otuvao, nu tjazumba ave tu yarura ketuwo rovatjevere. 12 Ombara Rehabeam tjinga e risusuparisa komurungu wa Muhona, omazenge wa Muhona otji ye he mu yandekere oparukaze; notji pa kara nawa mOjuda.
13 Rehabeam wa honapara mOjerusalem na ryamisa ouvara we otja ombara. Eye wa ri nozombura omirongo vine na imwe tja rira ombara, nu wa honapara oure wozombura omurongo na hambombari mOjerusalem, ihi otjihuro Muhona tja toorora mokati komihoko avihe vyOvaisrael, tji rire poṋa eye pu me rikotamenenwa. Ina ya Rehabeam wa ri Naama, Omuamoni. 14 Rehabeam wa tura ondjo, tjinga e ha kondjere okutjita ombango ya Muhona.
15 Ovitjitwa vya Rehabeam okuza kombutiro nga kondjandero nomatjangero weṱunḓu re vya tjangwa mEkuruhungi romuprofete Semaja, na mu indi romumune Ido. Rehabeam na Jerobeam aruhe aave kara novita kumwe. 16 Rehabeam wa koka na pakwa momaendo wozombara mOtjihuro tja David, nomuzandu we Abija we mu pingena okurira ombara.
