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Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Taken and Plundered by Shishak

Source: TTT

1 Kings 14:25, 26 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. / He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:1–4 After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD. / In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem / with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.