Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC)
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| Sack of Jerusalem | |||||||
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 The god Amun-Re with names of Hebrew towns Shoshenq I claimed to have captured | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Judea | Egypt | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Rehoboam | Shoshenq I | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Much fewer | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Sack of Jerusalem is an incident described in the bible's First Book of Kings, and, with some differences, in the Book of Chronicles.
According to these sources it took place in the 5th year of the reign of Rehoboam[1], following the death of his father,[2] Solomon. This event has been variously dated to between 926 and 917 BC.[citation needed]
The Egyptian pharaoh Shishaq (Hebrew: שישק,) raided the Kingdom of Judah with his allies, including the Kushites, with the result that a number of hill towns were taken[3] and Jerusalem sacked. Shishaq took away treasures of the temple of Yahweh and the king's house, as well as shields of gold which Solomon had made[4]; Rehoboam replaced them with bronze ones.
Biblical narrative (1 Kings and Chronicles)
According to 2 Chronicles 12, Shishaq, leading an army of 60,000 horsemen and 1200 chariots, invaded Judah and sacked Jerusalem in order to assist his ally, the king of Israel. Shishaq did not destroy Jerusalem, but forced Rehoboam the king of Judah to strip the temple of its gold and movable treasures.
Karnak relief
A relief discovered at Karnak, in Upper Egypt, and similar reliefs on the walls of a small temple of Amun at el-Hibeh, show the pharaoh, Shoshenq I (Shishaq), holding in his hand a bound group of prisoners. The names of captured towns are located primarily in the territory of the kingdom of Israel (including Megiddo), with a few listed in the Negeb, and perhaps Philistia. Some of these include a few of the towns that Rehoboam had fortified according to Chronicles[5]
References
External links
- The Campaign of Pharaoh Shoshenq I in Palestine, by Kevin A. Wilson
- The Palestine Campaign of Sheshonq I
- The Sack of Jerusalem on Templemount.org
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