2 Chronicles 12 But when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he was become strong, he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ But when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he was become strong, he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him. ² And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sousakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned in the sight of the Lord, ³ with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen, but of the multitude who came with him out of Egypt, Lybians, Trogodytes and Ethiopeans there was no numbering them. ⁴ And when they had taken the fortified cities which were in Juda and were coming to Jerusalem, ⁵ Samaias the prophet went to Roboam and to the chiefs of Juda who were assembled at Jerusalem for fear of Sousakim, and said to them Thus saith the Lord, You have left me, therefore I will leave you in the hands of Sousakim. ⁶ Whereupon the chiefs of Israel and the king were ashamed and said, The Lord is righteous. ⁷ And when the Lord saw that they were ashamed, a word of the Lord came to Samaias saying, They are ashamed. I will not destroy them utterly, but will in a little while grant them deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem. ⁸ Nevertheless they shall be servants, that they may know my service and the service of the kings of the earth. ⁹ So Sousakim the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures in the house of the Lord and the treasures in the king's house. All these he took. He took also the golden shields which Solomon made; ¹⁰ and king Roboam made shields of brass in their stead. Now Sousakim had set over him the chiefs of the guards, those who guarded the king's gate. ¹¹ So when the king went to the house of the Lord, some of his keepers went in with the guards, and some who were to bring him back went to meet the guards. ¹² But when he became humble the wrath of the Lord was turned from him; for it was not for utter destruction; for still there were good things in Juda. ¹³ Now when king Roboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and began to reign, he was forty one years old at this commencement of his reign and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: And his mother's name was Noomma the Ammonitess, ¹⁴ and he did evil, for he did not direct his heart to seek the Lord. ¹⁵ Now the acts of Roboam, first and last, behold are they not written in the book of Samaias the prophet and of Addo the seer? Also his exploits, ¹⁶ for there was a war between him and Jeroboam continually. And when Roboam died he was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Abia his son reigned in his stead.