'''Shishak''' (Hebrew: shī´shak שׁישׁק; Greek: Sousakeím, Σουσακείμ), an [[Egyptian]] [[pharoah]] mentioned in the [[Biblical]] books of ''1st Kings'' and ''2nd Chronicles'' and a contemporary of the Israelite kings Solomon and Rehoboam. Majority consensus of historical scholars and archaeologists identify Shishak with Pharoah Shoshenq l, although more recently historian David Rohl has claimed Rameses ll as Shishak, based on a variety of circumstantial evidence.
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'''Shishak''' (Hebrew: shī´shak שׁישׁק; Greek: Sousakeím, Σουσακείμ), an [[Egyptian]] [[pharoah]] mentioned in the [[Biblical]] books of ''1st Kings'' and ''2nd Chronicles'' and a contemporary of the Israelite kings [[Solomon]] and [[Rehoboam]]. Majority consensus of historical scholars and archaeologists identify Shishak with Pharoah Shoshenq l, although more recently historian David Rohl has claimed Rameses ll as Shishak, based on a variety of circumstantial evidence.
==Biblical account==
==Biblical account==
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*Albright, William F. ''The Old Testament and Modern Study'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, England (1951).
*Albright, William F. ''The Old Testament and Modern Study'', Oxford University Press, Oxford, England (1951).