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2 Chron. 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,

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A.M. 3034.

B.C. 970.

Shishak.

1 Kings 11:40• ⁴⁰And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt; and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. (1 Kings 11:40)

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1 Kings 14:24‑26• ²⁴and there were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed before the children of Israel.
²⁵And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
²⁶And he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all; and he took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made. (1 Kings 14:24‑26)

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2 Chron. 7:19‑20• ¹⁹But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them;
²⁰then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. (2 Chron. 7:19‑20)

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2 Chron. 36:14‑19• ¹⁴All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
¹⁵And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.
¹⁶But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.
¹⁷And he brought up against them the king of the Chaldees, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and spared not young man nor maiden, old man nor him of hoary head: he gave them all into his hand.
¹⁸And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, he brought all to Babylon.
¹⁹And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction. (2 Chron. 36:14‑19)

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Judg. 2:13‑15• ¹³And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
¹⁴And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about; and they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
¹⁵Whithersoever they went out the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them; and they were greatly distressed. (Judg. 2:13‑15)

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1 Chron. 28:9• ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever. (1 Chron. 28:9)

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Neh. 9:26‑27• ²⁶But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
²⁷And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors. (Neh. 9:26‑27)

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Psa. 106:43‑44• ⁴³Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
⁴⁴But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry; (Psa. 106:43‑44)

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Isa. 63:10• ¹⁰But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them. (Isa. 63:10)

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Jer. 2:19• ¹⁹Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 2:19)

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Jer. 44:22‑23• ²²And Jehovah could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations that ye had committed; and your land is become a waste, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as at this day.
²³Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil hath come upon you, as at this day. (Jer. 44:22‑23)

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Lam. 5:15• ¹⁵The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. (Lam. 5:15)

• Judah did not fall prey to their brother Israel, against whose religion they rightfully defended themselves; they fell, a much deeper downfall, into the hands of a world from which God had once redeemed them by a strong hand and stretched-forth arm. (“Rehoboam: 2 Chronicles 10-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, because they had transgressedb against Jehovah, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,

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Strictly, "acted treacherously." see Josh. 22.16.