25 31<\/strong>. Shishak king of Egypt invades Judah. Death of Rehoboam (2Ch 12:2-4<\/span>; 2Ch 12:9-16<\/span>)<\/p>\n 25<\/strong>. Shishak king of Egypt<\/em> ] See on 1Ki 11:40<\/span>. Shishak is there represented as giving a friendly reception to Jeroboam. It may have been at Jeroboam’s prompting that the invasion of Judah was undertaken by him within such a short time after Rehoboam’s accession. A monument of this king, the first of the 22nd dynasty, has been discovered at Karnak in Upper Egypt, recording his conquests and the names of certain towns which he had taken in Palestine.<\/p>\n The examination of the famous inscription of Shishak at Karnak has resulted in the proof that the expedition commemorated was directed against Palestine, and has further thrown a good deal of light on the relations of the two kingdoms at the period. Of the fifteen fenced cities fortified by Rehoboam in the early part of his reign 2Ch 11:5-12<\/span>, three, Shoco, Adoraim, and Aijalon are distinctly mentioned among Shishaks conquests. Other towns of Judah or Benjamin also occur. Further, a considerable number of the captured cities are in the territory of Jeroboam: these cities are either Canaanite or Levitical. Hence, we gather, that, during the four years which immediately followed the separation of the kingdoms, Rehoboam retained a powerful hold on the dominions of his rival, many Canaanite and Levitical towns acknowledging his sovereignty, and maintaining themselves against Jeroboam, who probably called in Shishak mainly to assist him in compelling these cities to submission. The campaign was completely successful.<\/P><\/p>\n In the fifth year of king Rehoboam; <\/B>presently after his and his peoples apostacy, which was not till his fourth year; when the apostical Israelites enjoyed peace and some kind of prosperity, at first, for many years together; of which difference two reasons may be given: first, That Judahs sins were committed against clearer light, and more powerful means and remedies of all sorts, and therefore deserved more severe and speed judgments. Secondly, that God discovered more love to Judah in chastising them speedily, that so they might be humbled, and reformed, and so graciously preserved, as it happened; and more anger against Israel, that he spared them, and by their impunity hardened and ripened them to that total destruction which he intend ed to bring upon them. <\/P> Shishak king of Egypt; <\/B>of whom see 1Ki 11:40<\/span>; 2Ch 12:2<\/span>, &c., where this history is more fully described. He is thought by many to be Solomons brother-in-law. But how little such relations signify among princes, when their interest is concerned, all histories witness. Besides, Rehoboam was not Solomons son by Pharaohs daughter, and so the relation was in a manner extinct. <\/P> Came up against Jerusalem; <\/B>either from ambition, and a desire to enlarge his empire; or from jealousy of Rehoboams growing greatness; of which see 2Ch 11<\/span>; or by Jeroboams instigation; or from a covetous desire of possessing these great treasures which David and Solomon had left; and, above all, by Gods providence, disposing his heart to this expedition for Rehoboams punishment. <\/P> <\/p>\n 25, 26. Shishak king of Egypt cameup<\/B>He was the instrument in the hand of Providence forpunishing the national defection. Even though this king had beenSolomon’s father-in-law, he was no relation of Rehoboam’s; but thereis a strong probability that he belonged to another dynasty (see on2Ch 12:2<\/span>). He was the Sheshonk ofthe Egyptian monuments, who is depicted on a bas-relief at Karnak, asdragging captives, who, from their peculiar physiognomy, areuniversally admitted to be Jews.<\/P><\/p>\n And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam<\/strong>,…. Two years after he and his people fell into the above wicked practices:<\/p>\n that Shishak, king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem<\/strong>; of whom see<\/p>\n 1Ki 11:40<\/span>, this was suffered as a chastisement from the Lord for their abominations.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Commentary on 1Ki 14:25-31<\/span> AND <\/strong>2Ch 12:2-16<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Again the writer of Chronicles gives account in much more detail than Kings of an event in the reign of the Judaean king. The incident has direct relation to the previous notice that Rehoboam was strengthened in the Lord for the first three years of his reign, but when he was established, forsook Him. He was soon to learn, in just two years, how much he needed the Lord at all times. Here is just another of numerous cases of those who fall when they think they stand (1Co 10:12<\/span>). The Chronicles account says that the move by the king of Egypt against Jerusalem was “because they had transgressed against the Lord.”<\/p>\n Shishak is known in secular history as Sheshonk f, who founded the XXII Libyan dynasty in Egypt. Secular history dates his reign at about 935-914 B.C. He was in command of a mighty military force for the times, consisting of twelve hundred chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and innumerable infantry. It was made up of soldiers out of Lybia (Lubim), Sukkim (probably Arabians), and Ethiopia, as well as Egypt. The fortified cities, so carefully established by Rehoboam, could not withstand Shishak and fell in short order.<\/p>\n As he threatened the city of Jerusalem the Lord sent the prophet Shemaiah again to Rehoboam. He is the one who had warned Rehoboam not to go against the Lord by going to war with Jeroboam (1Ki 11:2-4<\/span>). The princes were in meeting with the king, evidently trying to figure a way out of their dilemma. The prophet was very frank to tell them that the Lord brought this upon them to emphasize their abandonment of Him. His message was convincing, and king and princes acknowledged that the Lord was right and they wrong.<\/p>\n The Lord had Shemaiah return to the king and council with a new message based on their repentance. He had determined not to destroy the city, His wrath would be withheld, and Shishak would be caused to withdraw, although at a great cost. They would be compelled to serve Shishak by payment of a very heavy tribute. They would thus serve Shishak that they might have reason to compare the service of a heathen king with service to the Lord God. The Lord still allows his people to be chastised by the world that they might learn that it is better to serve the Lord than the world (De 28:47-48).<\/p>\n To pay the indemnity place on him, Rehoboam had to strip the temple, his palace, and give up the beautiful golden shields in the house of the forest of Lebanon. To replace the golden shields Rehoboam had constructed others of burnished bronze. These were worn by the king’s guard in formal ceremonies, such as the king’s procession to and from the house of the Lord. These would shine with brilliance, but they were also a reminder of the great distance he had fallen by his transgressions. He was no longer the richest king in the east.<\/p>\n So the Lord withdrew His wrath from Rehoboam and “in Judah things went well” (verse 12). The events of the remainder of his seventeen years’ reign, some twelve years, are passed over in silence, except to say that there was a state of continual war with Jeroboam. Forbidden to wage active warfare with Israel, Rehoboam nevertheless must have kept up a state of belligerence toward the northern kingdom. He died at the age of about fifty-eight, about two years younger than Solomon, and his reign was characterized as evil, because he did not have a heart prepared to seek the Lord. One must conclude that King Rehoboam never trusted the Lord as did his grandfather, David, or Solomon, his father. Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer kept records of his reign. He was buried with honors in the tombs of the kings, and his favorite son, Abijah, succeeded him, as he had hoped and planned.<\/p>\n Some notable lessons: 1) men who have rejected the Lord have no right to expect His mercy without repentance; 2) God cannot be flattered and deceived by men; 3) judgment for sin and transgression is ultimate and irresistible upon those who defy Him; 4) the children of heretical parents are very likely to grow up heretics also; 5) God will grant mercy to those who acknowledge His righteousness and their own transgression; 6) worldliness will exact is toll, even though one repents.<\/p>\n (25) Shishak.<\/strong>His invasion is narrated at greater length in the record of Chronicles (2Ch. 12:2-12<\/span>), which contains a description of his army, and a notice of the preservation of Jerusalem from destruction, though not from surrender, on the repentance of the people at the call of Shemaiah. It records also the taking of fenced cities, having noticed previously the fortifications of many such cities of defence by Rehoboam (2Ch. 11:5-10<\/span>). This record is remarkably confirmed by the celebrated inscription at Karnak (see Dict<\/em>. of the<\/em> Bible<\/em>: SHISHAK) enumerating the conquests of Sheshenk (Shishak), in which names of cities, partly in Judah, partly in Israel, are traced. The latter are Levitical or Canaanitish cities; and it has been conjectured that, much as the Pharaoh of Solomons day took Gezer and gave it to Israel (see 1Ki. 9:16<\/span>), so the Egyptian army, coming as allies of Jeroboam, took, or helped him to take, those cities which were hostile or disloyal to him. It is not unlikely that the whole invasion was instigated by Jeroboam, in that desire to crush the kingdom of Judah which afterwards suggested his war with Abijam. (See 2 Chronicles 13<\/span>)<\/p>\n 25<\/strong>. <\/strong> Shishak <\/strong> See note on 1Ki 11:40<\/span>. <\/p>\n Came up against Jerusalem <\/strong> This notice of Shishak’s invasion is very brief, and records only his going to Jerusalem and taking away the treasures of the temple and the palace. 2Ch 12:2-10<\/span> more fully describes the invasion, tells the number and nationality of his forces, informs us that he took certain fortified cities of Judah, and that when he came to Jerusalem the king and princes of Israel, at the word of the prophet Jeremiah, humbled themselves before God, and were thus by the hand of God delivered from utter destruction. Rehoboam seems to have submitted to the Egyptian invader without a struggle, and to have delivered over his treasures and become tributary to Egypt on condition that the besieging forces should retire from before Jerusalem. A record of this expedition, and thus a confirmation of the Scripture history, is found written in hieroglyphics upon the wall of the great temple of Karnak. There, in a long list of captured cities and provinces which Shishak claims to have added to his dominions, occur the names Gibeon, Beth-horon, Aijalon, and Yudeh-malk, <\/em> which Champollion, Wilkinson, and others read kingdom of Judah, <\/em> but Brugsch regards it as the name of a town in Palestine.<\/p>\n 1Ki 14:25<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Shishak, king of Egypt<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> It may seem something strange, that Shishak, who was so nearly allied to Rehoboam, should come up against him and take his royal city; but Rehoboam, we must remember, was not the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, and therefore no relation to Shishak. But even had he been never so nearly related, as kingdoms, we know, never marry; <\/em>so it is likely that Jeroboam, who had lived long in Egypt, stirred up Shishak to invade his rival, that he might thereby establish himself in his new kingdom: and it was for this reason, that when the armies of Egypt had taken the fenced cities of Judah, they returned without giving Jeroboam, or his dominions, the least disturbance. See Bishop Patrick. <\/p>\n (25) And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: (26) And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (27) And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house. (28) And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. (29) Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (30) And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. (31) And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Calamities both public and private, are near at hand, when men desert the Lord! dreadful is the state of that man, or that nation, which hath God for their enemy. So everlastingly true is that aphorism of Solomon: Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. Pro 14:34<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Ki 14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:<\/p>\n Ver. 25. Shishak king of Egypt.<\/strong> ] Diodorus Siculus calleth him Sasokis; Justin, Susakis. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Came up.<\/strong> ] Drawn by a desire of Solomon’s ivory throne, say some; like as the pearls usually cast out with the flood and gathered with the ebb, drew Caesar’s affection for the conquest of Britain. a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Sueton.<\/p>\n Shishak. Founder of the twenty-second dynasty. <\/p>\n against. See note on Jdg 1:8, and App-53. <\/p>\n am 3034, bc 970 <\/p>\n Shishak: 1Ki 11:40, 2Ch 12:2-4 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 11:39 – afflict 2Ch 12:9 – Shishak Psa 89:44 – Thou Ecc 2:19 – who knoweth<\/p>\n 1Ki 14:25. In the fifth year of King Rehoboam Presently after his and his peoples apostacy, which was not till his fourth year; while apostate Israel enjoyed peace, and some kind of prosperity; of which difference two reasons may be given: first, Judahs sins were committed against clearer light, and more powerful means and remedies of all sorts, and therefore deserved more severe and speedy judgments. Secondly, God discovered more love to Judah in chastising them speedily, that they might be humbled, reformed, and preserved, as it happened; and more anger against Israel, whom he spared to that total destruction which he intended to bring upon them. Shishak He is thought to be Solomons brother-in-law; but how little such relations signify among princes, when their interest is concerned, all histories witness: besides, Rehoboam was not Solomons son by Pharaohs daughter, and so the relation was in a manner extinct. Came up Either from a desire to enlarge his empire; or by Jeroboams instigation; or from a covetous desire of possessing those great treasures which David and Solomon had left; and, above all, by Gods providence disposing his heart to this expedition, for Rehoboams punishment.<\/p>\n And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: 25 31. Shishak king of Egypt invades Judah. Death of Rehoboam (2Ch 12:2-4; 2Ch 12:9-16) 25. Shishak king of Egypt ] See on 1Ki 11:40. 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