And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, Shishak the king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
This verse records the beginning of Egypt's military invasion of Jerusalem during King Rehoboam's rule.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative, Rehoboam was the king of Judah after the death of his father, Solomon, when the united kingdom of Israel split into two nations due to Rehoboam's unwise decisions and the people's rebellion. This invasion by Shishak, the Egyptian pharaoh, likely Shoshenq I, happened in the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign as an opportunistic attack on a weakened Judah, possibly reflecting divine judgment for the nation's unfaithfulness as described in the surrounding chapters. Historically, this event is supported by Egyptian records, such as inscriptions at Karnak, which detail Shishak's military campaigns into the Levant.
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