with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—(A)Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. And he took (B)the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. Then (C)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, (D)‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’”

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