New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Chronicles 12:1-9
11When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, 2he and all Israel with him abandoned the Law of the Lord. 23And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that 4Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3with 1,200 chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were innumerable: 5the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 4And he captured 6the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then 7Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘8You have abandoned Me, so I also have abandoned you 9to Shishak.’” 6So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The 10Lord is righteous.”
7When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “11They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them; and I will grant them a little deliverance, and 12My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. 8But they will become his slaves, so 13that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
914So Shishak king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; 15he even took the gold shields which Solomon had made.
Notes
- 1. 2 Chronicles 12:1 2 Chr 11:17; 12:13 ↩
- 2. 2 Chronicles 12:1 2 Chr 26:13-16 ↩
- 3. 2 Chronicles 12:2 1 Kin 14:25 ↩
- 4. 2 Chronicles 12:2 1 Kin 11:40 ↩
- 5. 2 Chronicles 12:3 2 Chr 16:8; Nah 3:9 ↩
- 6. 2 Chronicles 12:4 2 Chr 11:5-12 ↩
- 7. 2 Chronicles 12:5 2 Chr 11:2 ↩
- 8. 2 Chronicles 12:5 Deut 28:15; 2 Chr 15:2 ↩
- 9. 2 Chronicles 12:5 Lit in the hand of ↩
- 10. 2 Chronicles 12:6 Ex 9:27; Dan 9:14 ↩
- 11. 2 Chronicles 12:7 1 Kin 21:29 ↩
- 12. 2 Chronicles 12:7 2 Chr 34:25-27; Ps 78:38 ↩
- 13. 2 Chronicles 12:8 Deut 28:47, 48 ↩
- 14. 2 Chronicles 12:9 1 Kin 14:26-28 ↩
- 15. 2 Chronicles 12:9 1 Kin 10:16, 17; 2 Chr 9:15, 16 ↩
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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