And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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Gill's Exposition
And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord,.... Which perhaps Jeroboam had informed him of, and for the sake of which he came, as well as to make a diversion in favour of Jeroboam, who…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Judah's story and Israel's are intermixed in this book. Jeroboam out-lived Rehoboam, four or five years, yet his history is despatched first, that the account of Rehoboam's reign may be laid together;…
Cambridge Bible
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. Shishak is there represented as giving a friendly reception to Jeroboam. It…
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