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He took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the officers of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak and said to them, “Thus says the Lord: You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.”(A) Then the officers of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is in the right.”(B)

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he captured the fortified cities(A) of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

Then the prophet Shemaiah(B) came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon(C) you to Shishak.’”

The leaders of Israel and the king humbled(D) themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”(E)

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