Pharaoh Shoshenq (Shishak) Takes King Solomon’s Gold
In the year 925 BCE, Pharaoh Shoshenq or Shishak, raided the Temple and took King Solomon’s Gold
1 Kings 14:25-26
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.
In this wall carving at the Temple of Amun in Karnak, Egypt, Shoshenq boasts of 90 cities he conquered in the land of Israel, including Megiddo, Gibeon and Migdol.
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In this wall carving at the Temple of Amun in Karnak, Egypt, Shoshenq boasts of 90 cities he conquered in the land of Israel, including Megiddo, Gibeon, and Migdol.
In the Bible
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.
וַיְהִ֛י בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֖ית לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֑ם עָלָ֛ה שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ-מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל-יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם: וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת-אֹצְר֣וֹת בֵּית-ה' וְאֶת-אֽוֹצְרוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאֶת-הַכֹּ֖ל לָקָ֑ח וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת-כָּל-מָגִנֵּ֣י הַזָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה שְׁלֹמֹֽה.
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