King of Egypt named in Scripture · Divided kingdom, c. 925 BC

Shishak in the Bible

Shishak shelters Jeroboam from Solomon, and five years into Rehoboam's reign marches on Jerusalem and strips the treasures of the temple and palace, including Solomon's gold shields. Rehoboam replaces them with bronze.

What Scripture says, and what it leaves open

Widely identified with Shoshenq I, whose campaign list at Karnak names towns in Israel and Judah. The identification is well supported but is a historical conclusion, not a biblical statement.

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RehoboamJeroboamSolomonPharaohJerusalemEgypt
Read the first mention — 1 Kings 11:40Search every form of “Shishak”

Verses mentioning Shishak

7 occurrences across 6 verses in the King James Version.

  1. 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.

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  2. 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:

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  3. 2 Chronicles 12:2

    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,

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  4. 2 Chronicles 12:5

    Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

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  5. 2 Chronicles 12:7

    And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. some: or, a little while

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  6. 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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