| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. | 1After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD. |
| 2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem | 2Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, in King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. |
| 3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. | 3He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. |
| 4And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. | 4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem. |
| 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam 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.’” | 5Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.'" |
| 6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” | 6The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just." |
| 7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “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. | 7When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: "They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. My anger will not be unleashed against Jerusalem through Shishak. |
| 8Nevertheless, they shall be servants to him, that they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.” | 8Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations." |
| 9So 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 that Solomon had made, | 9King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. |
| 10and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house. | 10King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. |
| 11And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard came and carried them and brought them back to the guardroom. | 11Whenever the king visited the LORD's temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. |
| 12And 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. | 12So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things. |
| 13So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and 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. | 13King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. |
| 14And he did evil, for he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. | 14He did evil because he was not determined to follow the LORD. |
| 15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the chronicles of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer? There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. | 15The events of Rehoboam's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records. |
| 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah his son reigned in his place. | 16Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king. |
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