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.
Sisak ta homona Juda Efyo laRehabeam
1 Ndele Rehabeam eshi a pameka epangelo laye, okwa efa omhango yOmwene, nOvaisraeli aveshe pamwe naye. 2 Opo nee Sisak, ohamba yaEgipiti, ya homona Jerusalem momudo omutitano wohamba Rehabeam, shaashi vo va li inava dulika kOmwene. 3 Yo ye uya nomatemba eyovi nomafele avali oita novalondi omayovi omilongo hamano veenghambe. Novanhu vahapu vehe shii kuvalwa, ve uya nayo, va dja kuEgipiti: Ovalibia, Ovasukki nOvaetiopia. 4 Ndele yo oya nangala oilando i neehotekuma yomuJuda, ndele tai uya fiyo okuJerusalem. 5 Opo nee omuxunganeki Shemaia e uya kuRehabeam nokovakulunhu vOvajuda, ava va ya onhapo Sisak, ve uya kuJerusalem, ndele ta ti kuvo: “Omwene ta ti ngaha: ‘Nye eshi mwa efa nge, naame ohandi mu yandje yo momake aSisak.’ ” 6 Opo nee ovakulunhu vaIsrael nohamba ve lininipika ndele tava ti: “Omwene Ye omuyuki.” 7 NOmwene eshi a mona nokutya, venya ve lininipika, ondjovo yOmwene ye uya kuShemaia ndele tai ti: “Vo ove lininipika. Ame itandi va kombo po, ndelenee Ame ohandi va xupifa divadiva, noupyuhandu wange itau ka hanga Jerusalem tau di meke laSisak. 8 Ndelenee vo otava ka ninga ovapiya vaye, opo va shiive nokutya, okulongela nge oku li ngahelipi, nokulongela oilongo yovanailongo oku li ngahelipi!” 9 Ndele Sisak, ohamba yaEgipiti, oya totela Jerusalem ndele ya kufa omamona omotembeli yOmwene naa omombala. Oye a kufa aeshe aeshe, ndele ya kufa yo oikelelifo yoshingoldo ya ningifwa kuSalomo. 10 Ponhele yayo, ohamba Rehabeam ya ningifa oikelelifo yoshikushu, nokwe i yandja momake omukulunhu wovanangeli ava va nangela poshivelo shouhamba. 11 Alushe ohamba eshi ta i kotembeli yOmwene, ovanangeli va humbata oikelelifo, nova kala have i shunifa mongulu yovanangeli. 12 Ndelenee omolwelininipiko layo, ehandu lOmwene la kanduka po puyo, onghee hano ine i komba po sheke. Ndele muJuda omwa li yo natango oinima iwa.
13 Nohamba Rehabeam ye lipameka muJerusalem ndele ya twikila okupangela. Osheshi omido daRehabeam da li omilongo nhee naumwe ye eshi a ninga ohamba, nokwa pangela omido omulongo naheyali muJerusalem, oshilando Omwene e shi hoolola momapata aeshe aIsrael, a pameke edina laye. Nedina laina la li Naama, Omuammoni. 14 Nokwa ninga osho inashi yuka, osheshi ina ameka omutima waye okukonga Omwene. 15 Noinima imwe tai hepaulula Rehabeam, inya yotete naayo yaxuuninwa, inai shangelwa mbela mehepaululo lomuxunganeki Shemaia nolomumonikokule Iddo? Ndele pa li alushe oita pokati kaRehabeam naJerobeam. 16 Ndele Rehabeam okwa ka nangala pooxe nokwa pakwa moshilando shaDavid. Nomona waye Abia okwa ninga ohamba ponhele yaye.
