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After the division of the kingdom of the Hebrews under Solomon’s successor, Rehoboam, Sheshonk I, who had already harbored the fugitive Jeroboam, Rehoboam’s northern enemy, thought it a good opportunity to make his claims in Palestine unquestionable...

Breasted, James. A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest (Illustrated) (p. 289). Didactic Press. Kindle Edition.

Thus in a little over two centuries after the death of Ramses III, who had smitten them so sorely, the Libyans gained the crown of Egypt without so much as drawing the sword.

Breasted, James. A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest (Illustrated) (p. 288). Didactic Press. Kindle Edition.

The sea-peoples no longer appear upon the monuments, and from the west the Delta was now the peaceful conquest of the Libyans, who accomplished by gradual immigration what they had failed to gain by hostile invasion.

Breasted, James. A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest (Illustrated) (p. 287). Didactic Press. Kindle Edition.

During this period of Egypt’s total eclipse the tribes of Israel thus gained the opportunity to consolidate their national organization and under Saul and David they gradually gained the upper hand against the Philistines.

Breasted, James. A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest (Illustrated) (p. 287). Didactic Press. Kindle Edition.