Revised Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 12:2-5

2And it came to pass, thatin the fifthהַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ha.cha.mi.ShitH2549yearבַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmH7346Shishakשִׁישַׁ֥קshi.ShakH7895kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714came upעָלָ֛ה'a.LahH5927against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,because they had transgressedמָעֲל֖וּma.'a.LuH4603against Yhwhבַּיהוָֽה׃ba.Yah.wehH3068,

3With twelve hundredבְּאֶ֤לֶף וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙be.'E.lef u.ma.Ta.yimH505 H3967chariotsרֶ֔כֶבRe.khevH7393,and threescoreוּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥יםu.ve.shi.ShimH8346thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֑יםpa.ra.ShimH6571:and the peopleלָעָ֞םla.'AmH5971werewithout numberמִסְפָּ֗רmis.ParH4557that cameבָּ֤אוּBa.'uH935with him out of Egyptמִמִּצְרַ֔יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714;the Lubimsלוּבִ֥יםlu.VimH3864,the Sukkiimsסֻכִּיִּ֖יםsu.ki.YimH5525,and the Ethiopiansוְכוּשִֽׁים׃ve.khu.ShimH3569.

4And he tookוַיִּלְכֹּ֛דvai.yil.KodH3920the fencedהַמְּצֻר֖וֹתha.me.tzu.RotH4694citiesעָרֵ֥י'a.ReiH5892which pertainedto Judahלִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.DahH3063,and cameוַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'H935to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

5Then cameבָּ֣אba'H935Shemaiahוּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הu.she.ma'.YahH8098the prophetהַנָּבִיא֙ha.na.Vi'H5030to Rehoboamרְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmH7346, and tothe princesוְשָׂרֵ֣יve.sa.ReiH8269of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063,that were gathered togetherנֶאֶסְפ֥וּne.'es.FuH622to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389becauseמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440of Shishakשִׁישָׁ֑קshi.ShakH7895,and saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,Ye have forsakenעֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם'a.zav.TemH5800me, and therefore have I alsoוְאַף־ve.'af-H637leftעָזַ֥בְתִּי'a.Zav.tiH5800you in the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of Shishakשִׁישָֽׁק׃shi.ShakH7895.

Read all of 2 Chronicles 12

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 12