2 Chronicles · Chapter 12

[ edit] And whanne þe rewme of Roboam was ſtrengþed and confermed, he forſoke þe lawe of þe Lord, and al Yrael wiþ hym. Þe fyfþe ȝeer forſoþe of þe regne of Roboam ſteyȝede up Seſach, þe kyng of Egypt, in to Jeruſalem, for þei hadden ſynned to þe Lord; wiþ a þouſand and two hundriþ chaaris, and ſixty þouſand horſmen, and þer was no noumbre of þe comoun, þat came wiþ hym fro Egipt, Libies, þat is, and Erogodite, and Eþiopes. And he tok þe moſt ſtrengþed cytees in Juda, and came vnto Jeruſalem. Semeias forſoþe, þe prophete, wente in to Roboam, and þe princes of Juda, þat weren gadered in to Jeruſalem, fleeȝyng Seſach.

And he ſeide to hem, Þes þinges ſeiþ þe Lord, Ȝe han forſaken me, and I haue forſaken ȝou in þe hond of Seſach. And þe princis of Yrael and þe kyng aferd ſeyden, Riȝtwijs is þe Lord. And whanne þe Lord hadde ſeen þat þei weren meked, þe word of þe Lord is doon to Semeiam, ſeyinge, For þei ben meekid, I ſchal not leeſen hem, and I ſchal ȝeuen to hem a lytyll of help, and my woodneſſe ſchal not droppen upon Jeruſalem by þe hond of Seſach. Neuer þe later þei ſchul ſerue to hym, þat þei knowen þe diſtaunce of my ſeruyce and of þe ſeruyſe of þe rewme of londis.

And ſo Seſach, kyng of Egipt, wente awei fro Jeruſalem, þe treſoures taken awei of þe hous of þe Lord, and of þe hous of þe kyng; and alle þingis he toke wiþ hym, and þe golden tergetis þe whiche Salamon hadde maad, for þe whiche þe kyng made braſen, and toke hem to þe princis of þe tergeteris, þe whiche kepten þe veſtiarie of þe paleis. And whanne þe kyng ſchulde goone in to þe houſe of þe Lord, þe tergeters camen, and token hem, and eft beeren hem aȝein to his armorie place. Neuer þe later for þei ben meekid, þe wraþ of þe Lord is torned awey fro hem, and þei ben not don awei al oute; forſoþe and in Juda ben founden good werkis. Þanne Roboam is coumfortid in Jeruſalem, and regnede.

Forſoþe of oon and fourty ȝeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen, and eiȝtene ȝeer he regnede in Jeruſalem, þe citee þat þe Lord chees þat he conferme his name þere, of alle þe lynagis of Yrael. Þe name forſoþe of his moder Naama Amanyte. And he dide euyl, and he greiþede not his herte for to ſechen God. Þe werkis forſoþe of Roboam, þe firſt and þe laſt, ben writen in þe bokis of Semei þe prophete, and of Abdo ſear, and beſily expownede. And Roboam and Jeroboam fouȝten aȝeinus hem ſeluen alle days. And Roboam ſlepte wiþ his fadirs, and is biried in þe cyte of Dauid; and Abia, his ſone, regnede for hym.