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2 Chronicles 12:3
3With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,
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.
- 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.
- 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
1After Rehoboam’s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the Lord. 2Because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt, 4he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. 5Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to 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 summoned from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River all his men and his nine hundred chariots fitted with iron.
- 1 Samuel 13:5The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.
- 2 Samuel 10:18But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.
- Judges 6:5They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.
- Revelation 9:16The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
- Genesis 10:13Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
- Genesis 2:10A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
- Ezekiel 30:5Cush and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt.
- Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were among her allies.
- 2 Chronicles 14:12The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
- Daniel 11:43He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Cushites in submission.
- 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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