1 Kings 14 · Verse 25

1 Kings 14:25

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, King James Version

1 Kings 14:25 in other translations

BSBIn the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
WEBIn the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
ASVAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, gone up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem,
DARBYAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
BBENow in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem;
WebsterAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

What does 1 Kings 14:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 14:25-26
25-26. 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 universally admitted to be Jews.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 14:21-31

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…

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1 Kings 14:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֛יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַּשָּׁנָ֥הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141
הַחֲמִישִׁ֖יתha.cha.mi.Shit<the> fifthH2549
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428
רְחַבְעָ֑םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
עָלָ֛ה'a.Lahhe came upH5927
שִׁישַׁ֥קshu.shakShishakH7895
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 14:25

  • 1 Kings 11:40

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:2-4

    And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord, With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:9

    So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3034. B.C. 970. Shishak.
11:40; 2Ch 12:2-4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 14:24

    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.

  • 1 Kings 14:25

    And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

  • 1 Kings 14:26

    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.

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1 Kings 14:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Al quinto año del rey Roboam subió Sisac rey de Egipto contra Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva, en la cinquième année du roi Roboam, que Shishak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah im fünften Jahre des Königs Rehabeam, da zog Sisak, der König von Ägypten, wider Jerusalem herauf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In quinto autem anno regni Roboam, ascendit Sesac rex Ægypti in Jerusalem,