King James Version
1 Kings 14:25 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:”
1 Kings 14:25 · KJV
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. images: or, standing images, or, statues
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. guard: Heb. runners
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
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