Hebrew word · H7895

שִׁישַׁק

shishak

Shishak

Appears 7 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.40

§ Shishak = "greedy of fine linen"

king of Egypt, Sheshonk I, 1st king of the Bubastite 22nd dynasty; ruled in Egypt during the reigns of Solomon and Rehoboam and attacked the southern kingdom under Rehoboam and apparently made it tributary

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

1 Kings · 2
  1. 1 Kings 11:40 שִׁישַׁ֣ק Shishak

    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

  2. 1 Kings 14:25 שִׁישַׁ֥ק Shishak

    In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles · 5
  1. 2 Chronicles 12:2 שִׁישַׁ֥ק Shishak

    In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem

  2. 2 Chronicles 12:5 שִׁישָׁ֑ק שִׁישָֽׁק׃ Shishak

    Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

  3. 2 Chronicles 12:7 שִׁישָֽׁק׃ Shishak

    When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

  4. 2 Chronicles 12:9 שִׁישַׁ֥ק Shishak

    So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

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