And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Rehoboam Person
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He enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah “the Ammonitess,” some well-known Ammonitish princess ( 1 Kings 14:21 ; 2 Chr. 12:13 ).
- Egypt Place
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The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.