Event · The Divided Kingdoms and Prophets
Shishak invades Judah
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Shishak invades Judah1 Kings 14:25–28About 926/925 BCE1 parallel account
In Rehoboam's fifth year Shishak king of Egypt attacks Jerusalem and takes the temple treasures.
- Main passage 1 Kings 14:25–28
- Also told in 2 Chronicles 12:1–12
- Place in the order
- Explicit biblical sequence Scripture itself gives the order of these events.
- Historical setting
- About 926/925 BCE Approximate historical setting
Rehoboam's fifth year (1 Kings 14:25). Shishak is usually identified with Pharaoh Shoshenq I, whose campaign list survives at Karnak.
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1 Kings 14:25–28 WEB
25In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; 26and he took away the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He even took away all of it, including all the gold shields which Solomon had made. 27King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the door of the king’s house. 28It was so, that as often as the king went into the LORD’s house, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard room.