1 Tendo sido estabelecido o reino de Roboão, e tendo o rei se tornado forte, deixou este a lei de Jeová, e com ele todo o Israel.

2 No quinto ano do rei Roboão, subiu Sisaque, rei do Egito, contra Jerusalém (porque tinha transgredido contra Jeová),

3 com mil e duzentos carros e sessenta mil cavaleiros; e era inumerável o povo que vinha com ele do Egito, a saber, os Lubim, os Suquim e os etíopes.

4 Ele se apoderou das cidades fortificadas que pertenciam a Judá, e chegou até Jerusalém.

5 O profeta Semaías foi ter com Roboão e com os príncipes de Judá que se tinham ajuntado em Jerusalém por causa de Sisaque, e disse-lhes: Assim diz Jeová: Vós me deixastes a mim, e eu vos deixei a vós nas mãos de Sisaque.

6 Então se humilharam os príncipes de Israel e o rei, e disseram: Jeová é justo.

7 Vendo Jeová que se humilharam, veio a palavra de Jeová a Semaías, dizendo: Humilharam-se, não os perderei; mas dar-lhes-ei algum socorro, e o meu furor não será derramado sobre Jerusalém por mão de Sisaque.

8 Todavia eles lhes ficarão servos, para conhecerem a diferença que há entre o servir-me a mim e o servir os reinos dos países.

9 Subiu Sisaque, rei do Egito, contra Jerusalém, e levou os tesouros da casa de Jeová e os tesouros da casa do rei; tudo levou. Levou também os escudos de ouro que Salomão tinha mandado fazer.

10 Em lugar deles mandou Roboão fazer outros de bronze e os entregou aos capitães da guarda que guardavam a porta da casa do rei.

11 Todas as vezes que o rei entrava na casa de Jeová, vinham os da guarda e os levavam, e depois tornavam a pô-los na câmara da guarda.

12 Tendo-se ele humilhado, apartou-se dele a ira de Jeová, de modo que não o destruiu de todo. Ainda se acharam coisas boas em Judá.

13 Fortaleceu-se o rei Roboão em Jerusalém, e reinou. Roboão tinha quarenta e um anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou dezessete anos em Jerusalém, cidade que Jeová tinha escolhido de todas as tribos de Israel, para nela estabelecer o seu nome. Sua mãe chamava-se Naama amonita.

14 Ele fez o mal, porque não preparou o seu coração para buscar a Jeová.

15 Ora, os atos de Roboão, tanto os primeiros como os últimos, não estão eles escritos nas histórias do profeta Semaías e do vidente Ido, em forma de genealogias? Havia guerras constantes entre Roboão e Jeroboão.

16 Adormeceu Roboão com seus pais, e foi sepultado na cidade de Davi. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho Abias.

1 And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah, 3 with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem. 5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous. 7 And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king’s house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 10 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king’s house. 11 And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things found.

13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 14 And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.