English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 12:3
3with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and 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,
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses, and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.
Context of 2 Chronicles 12:3
1When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. 2In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt—Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. 4And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, "Thus says the Lord, 'You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand 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 out all his chariots, 900 chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.
- 1 Samuel 13:5And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
- 2 Samuel 10:18And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
- Judges 6:5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
- Revelation 9:16The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
- Genesis 10:13Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
- Genesis 2:10A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand.
- Ezekiel 30:5Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
- Nahum 3:9Cush was her strength; Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.
- 2 Chronicles 14:12So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
- Daniel 11:43He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Cushites shall follow in his train.
- Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, 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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