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He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.

Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’”[a] The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:5 tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 12:6 tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.