Shishak

Shishak (in hieroglyphs, Shashank; the Susak or Susakim of the Septuagint, the Shishak of the Hebrew version, the Sesonchosis or Sesonchis of Manetho), the name of several monarchs of the 22d or Bubastite Egyptian dynasty (see EGYPT, Vol. IV. p. 240). Shishak I.'s name is found in the portico built by the Bubastite dynasty at the great temple of Karnak, and on several statues of the goddess Pasht, which probably came from Luxor. Jeroboam fled to Shishak from the pursuit of Solomon, who wished to kill him, and lived there during the lifetime of Solomon. On the death of this monarch Jeroboam quitted Egypt, and contended with Rehoboam for the possession of the crown. This struggle caused the division of the kingdom of David into two states, that of Israel and Judah. In the fifth year of Rehoboam Shishak marched to Jerusalem with an army of 12,000 chariots, 60,000 cavalry, and an innumerable number of infantry, composed of Troglodytes, Libyans, and Ethiopians. He took the city, the treasures of the temple, and all the gold bucklers which Solomon had made. The conquest of Jerusalem is found recorded on the monuments of Karnak, on which Shishak I. is represented dragging before the god Ammon three files of prisoners, inscribed with various names of places, amongst which are Judæa, Megiddo, Ajalon, Mahanaim, and other towns taken by Shishak in his line of march.