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,
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. He was the first king of the 22nd or Bubastic dynasty, which, after the of Thebes from the proud position of capital of Egypt, 990 BC, succeeded to the sovereignty the whole country. What was the immediate cause of this invasion? Whether it was in resentment for some prevention from the king of Judah, or in pursuance of ambitious views of conquest, not said. But the invading army was a vast horde, because Shishak brought along with his native Egyptians an immense number of foreign auxiliaries.