1 Kings 14:25 - Printer Friendly

ESV: In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

NIV: In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

NASB: Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt marched against Jerusalem.

CSB: In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem.

NLT: In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.

KJV: And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

NKJV: It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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