Shishak

‎The first Bible Pharaoh whose proper name is given in the Bible, is in 1 Kings 11:40; 14:25: Shishak. This host and ally of Jeroboam is recorded on the monuments of the first Pharaoh of the twenty-second dynasty—written “Sheshonh.” Remarking on the history of this Prince, “Canon” Trevor says, “In the great court of the gigantic structure at Karnah, are still seen the sculptures of this victorious Pharaoh, and by a surprising coincidence the conquest of Judea is among the triumphs depicted. He is delineated of gigantic stature, indicating according to the usual symbolism of the East his superiority to common mortals. The Theban god Amun-re is represented as delivering into his hands a number of prisoners bound with cords, whom the king seizes by the hair, with uplifted scimitar. These are the chiefs of the conquered nations or tribes. Each has a buckler by his side, inscribed with the name of his country. Altogether the sculpture contains 133 names of places or peoples subdued in the wars. Above 50 are identified with scriptural names, among which we find several of Rehoboam’s cities of defence. Of the fifteen enumerated in 2 Chron. 11:5, 10, three are clearly identified. Adoraim, Aijalon, and Shoco. Other well known names are, Taanach, Shunem, Rehob, Haphraim, Mahanaim, Gibeon, Beth-Horon, Redemoth, Megiddo, Bileam, Alemeth or Almoor, Nebaioth, Negeb, Golan, &c. The places in italic were Levitical towns, showing that the war was directed with special vengeance on the tribes which adhered to the house of Solomon. Among the badges of power displayed in this sculpture are the lotus, symbol of the south (Ethæopia), the papyrus of the north (Egypt), and the “nine lions” which denoted the Lybians, or Lulim of Scripture. The most celebrated of all is the well-known shield on which Champollion read the inscription “kingdom of Judah—Judah Malk.” We have thus a direct and positive confirmation from Egyptian history of the truth of sacred history.
The Christadelphian p 540