KJV King James Version
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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1 Kings 14:25
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, gone up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 14
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed [them] unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
28 And it was [so], when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
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וַיְהִ֛יH1961 · ha.yahto beבַּשָּׁנָ֥הH8141 · sha.nehyearהַחֲמִישִׁ֖יתH2549 · cha.mi.shififthלַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingרְחַבְעָ֑םH7346 · re.chav.amRehoboamעָלָ֛הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשִׁישַׁ֥קH7895 · shi.shaqShishakמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingמִצְרַ֖יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptעַל־H5921 · aluponיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
1 Kings 11:40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.2 Chronicles 12:2-4And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,2 Chronicles 12:9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
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