Bible Verse

After Rehoboam`s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 12:1

With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,

2 Chronicles 12:3

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

2 Chronicles 12:4

Then the prophet Shemaiah 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 you to Shishak.`”