Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC)
| Sack of Jerusalem | |||
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| Part of Jeroboam's Revolt | |||
 The Bubastite Portal shows the god Amun-Re with names of Hebrew towns Shoshenq I, often identified with the biblical Shishak, claimed to have captured. Jerusalem does not occur in the list. |
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| Belligerents | |||
| Kingdom of Judah | Egypt | ||
| Commanders and leaders | |||
| Rehoboam | Shishaq | ||
| Strength | |||
| Much fewer | Unknown | ||
| Casualties and losses | |||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||
The Sack of Jerusalem is an event described in the First Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, and, with some differences, in the Second Book of Chronicles.
According to these sources it took place in the 5th year of the reign of Rehoboam, following the death of his father,Solomon. This event is thought to have occurred c.925 BC when the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Shishak supposedly captured and pillaged Jerusalem. Possibly this was the same Pharaoh as the historical Shoshenq I who invaded Canaan following the Battle of Bitter Lakes. Shishak (Hebrew: שישק) raided the Kingdom of Judah with his allies, including the Kushites, taking a number of hill towns and sacking Jerusalem, all without fighting. Shishak took away treasures of the Temple of Yahweh and the king's house, as well as shields of gold which Solomon had made; Rehoboam replaced them with brass ones.
According to 2 Chronicles 12, Shishak, leading an army of 60,000 horsemen and 1,200 chariots, invaded Judah and sacked Jerusalem in order to assist his ally, Jeroboam, the king of Israel. According to Josephus, his army met with no resistance throughout the campaign, taking Rehoboam's most fortified cities "without fighting." Finally, he conquered Jerusalem without resistance, because "Rehoboam was afraid." Shishak did not destroy Jerusalem, but forced King Rehoboam of Judah to strip the Temple and his treasury of their gold and movable treasures.
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