Rehoboam the new Kingdom of Israel with a force of 180,000 soldiers. However, he was advised against fighting his brethren, and so returned to Jerusalem. The narrative reports that Israel and Judah were in a state of war throughout his 17-year reign. In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign, Shishak, king of Egypt, brought a huge army and took many cities. According to Joshua, son of Nadav, the mention in 2 Chronicles 11, 6 sqq., that Rehoboam built fifteen fortified cities, indicates that the attack was not unexpected. The account in Chronicles states that Shishaq marched with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen
Tuned bottles generally on a high frequency side. It can be made chromatic (12 bottles per octave), or only have bottles required for the music being played. Empty bottle sounds about half octave higher than the same bottle filled in with water. Combining different bottles, it is possible to reach the range of one octave or more (a typical bottles sound somewhat from C7 till C8, for instance), transposing notes from other octaves into this range. Tuned bottles were used by percussion legend Emil Richards in numerous performances and recordings and are part of his large instrument collection. Tuned bottles Tuned Bottles