971 BC · Divided Kingdom
Shishak of Egypt plunders Jerusalem
In Rehoboam's fifth year, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures of the temple and palace (1 Kings 14:25-26), 971 BC by the regnal arithmetic.
📖 1 Kgs 14:25–27
25In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. 26He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. 27Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
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