2 Chronicles 12:7-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “(A)They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and (B)My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. 8 But they will become his slaves so (C)that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
Plunder Impoverishes Judah
9 (D)So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; (E)he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made.
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