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After Shishak had captured the fortified cities of Judah and had arrived at the outskirts of Jerusalem, the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the commanders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord: ‘You have abandoned me, and therefore I have abandoned you to the power of Shishak.’ ” Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said: “The Lord is just.”

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