1 Kings 14:25

1 Kings 14:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
• New International Version (NIV)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

Context of 1 Kings 14:25

23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; 24there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites. In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem. 26He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made. 27King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.

1 Kings 14:25 word by word

וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass in the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechab‛âm · RehoboamH7346
• Shishakשִׁישַׁקshîyshaq shûshaq · ShishakH7895
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for 1 Kings 14:25

• 1 Kings 11:40Therefore, Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to Egypt, to King Shishak of Egypt, where he remained until Solomon’s death.
• 2 Chronicles 12:2Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The examination of the famous inscription of Shishak at Karnak has resulted in the proof that the expedition commemorated was directed against Palestine, and has further thrown a good deal of light on the relations of the two kingdoms at the period. Of the fifteen fenced cities fortified by Rehoboam in the early part of his reign 2 Chronicles 11:5-12, three, Shoco, Adoraim, and Aijalon are distinctly mentioned among Shishak‘s conquests. Other towns of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around us. The splendour of their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Shishak (also called Shoshenq I) ruled Egypt from 945–924 BC. He was the first king of Egypt’s 22nd dynasty (family line of rulers). He reunited Egypt after it had been divided during the 21st dynasty. Under his rule, Egypt became stable again and grew in wealth and military strength. His attack on Judah is noted by the writer of Chronicles (2 Chronicles 12:2–4) and is written on the Amon Temple in Thebes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. Shishak king of Egypt came up--He was the instrument in the hand of Providence for punishing the national defection. Even though this king had been Solomon's father-in-law, he was no relation of Rehoboam's; but there is a strong probability that he belonged to another dynasty (see on 2Ch 12:2). He was the Sheshonk of the Egyptian monuments, who is depicted on a bas-relief at Karnak, as dragging captives, who, from their peculiar physiognomy, are…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 14:25

• Egyptians
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Rehoboam
• Shishak
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Jerusalem
• Rehoboam
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• Cruse
• Guard
• Obadiah, Book of
• Shishak I
• Ahijah
• Chronology of the Old Testament

Commentaries on 1 Kings 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings