1 Kings 14:23
Verse 23 of 31. The 14th of 22 chapters in 1 Kings, in History.
19The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
20The days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years; then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
21Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
22Judah did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
23For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
24There were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drove out before the children of Israel.
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.
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