Shishak Plunders Solomon’s Temple
(The Elephant in the Room)
“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… So Shishak king of Egypt… took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house…” (2 Chronicles 12:2,9)
Anyone who has visited or studied “Ancient Egypt” is familiar with the Karnak Temple at Luxor, in Thebes, Egypt. Much of the history of the Eighteenth Dynasty is engraved on the walls and columns of the Temple Complex.
Anyone who has visited or studied “Ancient Egypt” is familiar with the Karnak Temple of Luxor, in Thebes, Egypt. Much of the history of the Eighteenth Dynasty is engraved on the walls and columns of the temple complex.