24 there were even male cult prostitutes in the land.(A) They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt(C) went to war against Jerusalem.(D) 26 He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.(E)

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24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(A) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked(C) Jerusalem. 26 He carried off the treasures of the temple(D) of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields(E) Solomon had made.

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