In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king
of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. He carried off the treasures of the temple of the
Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all
the gold shields Solomon had made. 1 Kings 14:25,26
Footnote:
Just five years after Solomon died, the temple
and palace were ransacked by foreign invaders. How quickly the glory, power,
and money disappeared! When the people became spiritually corrupt and immoral,
it was just a short time until they lost everything. Wealth, idol worship, and
immorality had become more important to them than God. When God is gone from
our lives, everything else becomes useless, no matter how valuable it
seems.
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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV
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