שִׁישַׁקShîyshaq
Shishak, an Egyptian king
Pronunciation: shee-shak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7895
Meanings
proper name, masculine: king of Egypt, Solomon's time (10th century B.C.) (1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 12:2; 2 Chronicles 12:9; 2 Chronicles 12:5)
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 11:40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.
- 1 Kings 14:25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 12:2 Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5 The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah’s leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, “This is what the Lord says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:7 When the Lord saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 12:9 So King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord’s Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).