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Shishak Raids Jerusalem

1 Kings 14:25

In 11 translations

BSB
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king 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:
WEB
In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
ASV
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
LSV
And it comes to pass, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt has gone up against Jerusalem,
YLT
And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, gone up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem,
DBY
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, [that] Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
DRC
And in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Sesac king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
GNV
And in the fift yere of King Rehoboam, Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusale,
JPS
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
LXXE
And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;Gr. of Roboam reigning.

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  • Written (Ketiv): שׁוּשַׁק (“Shushak”). Read aloud (Qere): שִׁישַׁ֥ק (“Shishak”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads שִׁושַׁ֥ק; read aloud (Qere) reads שִׁישַׁ֥ק (“Shishak”).

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה שושק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): שִׁישַׁ֥ק
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ πέμπτῳ βασιλεύοντος Ῥοβοὰμ, ἀνέβη Σουσακεὶμ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 11:40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
  • 2 Chronicles 12:9So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
  • 2 Chronicles 12:2–4In 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…

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