Editing Rehoboam (section)

=== Egyptian invasion ===
[[File:Bubastis portal at Karnak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The [[Bubastite Portal]] at [[Karnak]], showing [[cartouche]]s of [[Sheshonq I]] mentioning the invasion from the Egyptian perspective.]]
In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign, [[Shishak]], king of Egypt, brought a huge army and took many cities. According to Joshua, son of Nadav, the mention in 2 Chronicles 11, 6 sqq., that Rehoboam built fifteen fortified cities, indicates that the attack was not unexpected.<ref name=kittle /> The account in Chronicles states that Shishak marched with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen and troops who came with him from Egypt: Libyans, Sukkites, and Kushites.<ref name="cojs">{{cite web|title="Relief and Stelae of Pharaoh Shoshenq I: Rehoboam's Tribute, c. 925 BCE", The Centre for Online Judaic Studies|url=http://cojs.org/cojswiki/Relief_and_Stelae_of_Pharaoh_Shoshenq_I:_Rehoboam%E2%80%99s_Tribute,_c._925_BCE|url-status=dead|access-date=2014-08-10|archive-date=2012-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412061727/http://cojs.org/cojswiki/Relief_and_Stelae_of_Pharaoh_Shoshenq_I:_Rehoboam%E2%80%99s_Tribute%2C_c._925_BCE}}</ref> Shishak's armies captured all of the fortified towns leading to Jerusalem between Gezer and Gibeon. When they laid siege to Jerusalem, Rehoboam gave Shishak all of the treasures out of the temple as a tribute. The Egyptian campaign cut off trade with south Arabia via Elath and the Negev that had been established during Solomon's reign.<ref name=aharoni>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AMtoyNxWw0UC&dq=rehoboam+in+the+bible&pg=PA330| title = Aharoni, Yohanan. ''The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography'', Chap. IV, Westminster John Knox Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979| isbn = 978-0-664-24266-4| last1 = Aharoni| first1 = Yohanan| date = January 1979| publisher = Westminster John Knox Press}}</ref> Judah became a vassal state of Egypt.

This invasion is confirmed by records from the [[Bubastite Portal]] in [[Karnak]] and another archaeological find. [[Shishak]] is generally identified with the [[Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt|Egyptian]] [[pharaoh]] [[Shoshenq I]], who invaded Judah. One of the most difficult issues in identifying Shishak with Shoshenq I is the biblical statement that "King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. He seized the treasures of the Lord's temple and the royal palace",<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|14:25-26}}</ref> whereas the Bubastite Portal lists do not include Jerusalem or any city from central Judea among the surviving names in the list of Shoshenq's conquests.<ref>{{cite book|last=Van De Mieroop |first=Marc |title=A History of Ancient Egypt |year=2007 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |location=Malden, MA |isbn=978-1-4051-6071-1 |pages=400}}</ref>