Shishak
A person of the united monarchy of Israel, first named at 1 Kings 11:40.
What we know — and how we know it
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ArchaeologyHe is Sheshonq I; the Bubastite Portal at Karnak carries his relief listing scores of towns he claims to have taken in the Levant.
Where in scripture
1 Kings2 ChroniclesTherefore Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings 11:40
In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
1 Kings 14:25
In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,
2 Chronicles 12:2
Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’”
2 Chronicles 12:5
When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 12:7
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took away the treasures of Yahweh’s house and the treasures of the king’s house. He took it all away. He also took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
2 Chronicles 12:9
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.