וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְהָמִ֣ית אֶת־יָרָבְעָ֑ם וַיָּ֣קָם יָרָבְעָ֗ם וַיִּבְרַ֤ח מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶל־שִׁישַׁ֣ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיְהִ֥י בְמִצְרַ֖יִם עַד־מ֥וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃
Procuró por tanto Salomón de matar á Jeroboam, pero levantándose Jeroboam, huyó á Egipto, á Sisac rey de Egipto, y estuvo en Egipto hasta la muerte de Salomóm.
From David to Destruction
Archeologists have been puzzled as to why Shishak would attack his friend Yarav’am, as Sefer Melachim records that Shishak shelters Yarav’am during his years of exile (Melachim I 11:40). Moreover, why does Tanach record only Shishak’s attack on the Southern Kingdom (Melachim I 14:25-28), and not his attacks on the Northern Kingdom?