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2 Chronicles 12:3
3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. The people who came with him from Egypt were beyond counting—the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles 12:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
- New International Version (NIV)With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,
- English Standard Version (ESV)with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.
- New King James Version (NKJV)with twelve hundred chariots, sixty thousand horsemen, and people without number who came with him out of Egypt—the Lubim and the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.
Context of 2 Chronicles 12:3
1When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord. 2And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. The people who came with him from Egypt were beyond counting—the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 4Shishak took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord: ‘You have abandoned (turned away from) Me, so I have abandoned you into the hands of Shishak.’ ”
Read all of 2 Chronicles 122 Chronicles 12:3 word by word
בְּאֶ֤לֶף וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ רֶ֔כֶב וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֗ר לָעָ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֤אוּ עִמּוֹ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לוּבִ֥ים סֻכִּיִּ֖ים וְכוּשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- With twelve hundredאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- With twelve hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
- and threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
- horsemenפָּרָשׁpârâsh · horsemanH6571
- and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- without numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
- that cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- with him out of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- the Lubimsלוּבlûbîy lûbbîy · LibyanH3864
- the Sukkiimsסֻכִּיִּיםsûkkîy · SukkiimH5525
- and the Ethiopiansכּוּשִׁיkûshîy · EthiopianH3569
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 12:3
- Judges 4:13Sisera called together all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.
- 1 Samuel 13:5Now the Philistines gathered to fight against Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and troops in multitude, like sand on the seashore. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 2 Samuel 10:18But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9Now Zerah the Ethiopian (Cushite) came out against Judah with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came as far as Mareshah.
- Judges 6:5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, and they would come in as numerous as locusts; both they and their camels were innumerable. So they came into the land to devastate it.
- Revelation 9:16The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (two hundred million); I heard the number of them.
- Genesis 10:13Mizraim [the ancestor of the Egyptians] became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim
- Genesis 2:10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [branching] rivers.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and Lubim a huge army with a great number of chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, He placed them in your hand.
- Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia (Cush), Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya (Cub) and the people of the land of the covenant [the Jews who had taken refuge in Egypt] will fall with the Egyptians by the sword.”
- Nahum 3:9Ethiopia was her strength, And Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers.
- 2 Chronicles 14:12So the Lord struck the Ethiopians [with defeat] before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom, Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.
- Daniel 11:43He will have power over the treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians will follow in his footsteps.
- Genesis 10:6the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim [from whom descended the Egyptians], Put, and Canaan;
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 12:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The Lubims - Supposed to be a people of Libya, adjoining to Egypt; sometimes called Phut in Scripture, as the people are called Lehabim and Ludim. The Sukkiims - The Troglodytes, a people of Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. They were called Troglodytes, , ̔ , "because they dwelt in caves." - Hesych. This agrees with what Pliny says of them, Troglodytae specus excavant, haec illis domus; "The Troglodytes dig themselves caves; and these serve them for…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3twelve hundred chariots - This number is not unusnal (compare Exodus 14:7; 1 Kings 10:26). Benhadad brought 1,200 chariots into the field against Shalmaneser II; and Ahabhad at the same time a force of 2,000 chariots (compare the 1 Kings 20:1 note). The Lubims or “Libyans” Daniel 11:43, were a people of Africa, distinct from the Egyptians and the Ethiopians dwelling in their immediate neighborhood. They were called Ribu or Libu by the Egyptians. See…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Sukkites are not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible. However, Egyptian history identifies them as Libyans from the western desert oases. Cushites: Shishak was an Ethiopian from southern Egypt.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. the Lubims--the Libyans of northeastern Africa. the Sukkiims--Some think these were the Kenite Arabs, dwellers in tents, but others maintain more justly that these were Arab troglodytes, who inhabited the caverns of a mountain range on the western coast of the Red Sea. and the Ethiopians--from the regions south of Egypt. By the overwhelming force of numbers, they took the fortresses of Judah which had been recently put in a state of defense, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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