¶ The .xii. Chapter.¶ Sesak kynge of Egypte robbeth the t&ebar;ple of
the Lorde. Rehoboam dyeth, ∧ Abia hys sonne
succeadeth hym.
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AAnd it came to passe, that when Rehoboam
had stablysshed the kyngdome,
and became myghtye, he forsoke the
lawe of the Lorde, and all Israel with him.
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Rehoboam.noteAnd it fortuned, that in the fyfte yeare of
kynge Rehoboam, Sesac the kyng of Egypte
came vp agaynst Ierusalem, because
they had transgressed agaynst the Lorde &wt;
xii.C. charettes, and .lx.M. horsmen. And
the people were without nombre, that came
with hym out of Egypte Lubim, Sukkim,
and the blackmores. And they toke
the stronge cyties in Iuda, and came to Ierusalem.
Then came Semeia þe; prophete to Rehoboam
∧ to the Lordes of Iuda, that were
gathered together within Ierusalem for
Sesac, B and sayd vnto them: thus sayd the
Lord, ye haue left me, ∧ therfore haue I also
left you in þe; h&abar;des of Sesac. Wherupon
the lordes of Israel and the kynge humbled
them selues, and sayde, the Lorde is ryghteous.
And whan the Lorde sawe that they
submitted themselues, the worde of þe; Lorde
cam to Semeia, sayinge: They submitte
them selues, therfore I wyll not destroye
them. But I wyll delyuer them somwhat,
and my wrath shall not burne vpon Ierusalem
by þe; h&abar;de of Sesac. Neuerthelesse, they
shalbe hys serua&ubar;tes, to knowe what difference
is betwene my seruice, and the seruice
of the kyngdomes of the worlde.
C And so Sesac kynge of Egypte came to
Ierusalem, and toke awaye the treasures
of the house of the Lorde, and the treasures
of þe; kynges house: he toke euen all. And he
caryed awaye the shyldes of golde, note which
Salomon made. In steade of which, kynge
Rehoboam made shyldes of brasse, and c&obar;mytted
them to the h&abar;des of the captaynes
which had þe; ouersyght of the fotemen, and
that kept the entraunce of þe; kynges house.
And it came to passe, that when the kynge
entred into the house of the Lorde, the garde
came ∧ fet them, and brought them agayne
vnto the garde chambre. And when he humbled
hymselfe, the wrath of the Lorde turned
from hym, that he wolde not destroye
all together. And in Iuda all was well.
D And so kyng Rehoboam waxed myghty
∧ raygned in Ierusalem. And Rehoboam
was .xli. yere olde, wh&ebar; he began to raygne,
∧ he raygned .xvii. yeres in Ierusalem, the
cytie which the Lorde had chosen out of all
the trybes of Israel to put his name there.
And hys mothers name was Naama an
Ammonitesse. noteAnd he dyd euyll, because
he prepared not hys hert to seke the Lorde.
The actes also of Rehoboam, fyrst and
last, are they not wrytten in þe; sayinges of
Semeia the prophete, and of Iddo the fear
which noted the genealogie? and there was
warre alwaye betwene Rehoboam ∧ Ieroboam.
And Rehoboam slept &wt; his fathers,
and was buryed in the cytie of Dauid, and
Abia his sonne raygned in his steade.
Abia.
