OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 25

1 Kings 14:25

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In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

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1 Kings 14:22–28

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Judah 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.

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For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

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There 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.

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In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;

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and 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.

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King 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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It 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.

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