2 Chronicles 12:2

2 Chronicles 12:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,
• New International Version (NIV)Because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,

Context of 2 Chronicles 12:2

1Now it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he had become strong, that he and all Israel with him forsook the Torah of Adonai. It so happened that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt marched against Jerusalem—because they had been unfaithful to Adonai— 3with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen and innumerable troops that came with him from Egypt: Lybians, Sukkites and Cushites. 4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 12:2 word by word

וַיְהִ֞י בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה הַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֔ם עָלָ֛ה שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֖יִם עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּ֥י מָעֲל֖וּ בַּיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• in the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechab‛âm · RehoboamH7346
• Shishakשִׁישַׁקshîyshaq shûshaq · ShishakH7895
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• came upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• against Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• because they had transgressedמָעַלmâ‛al · be unfaithfulH4603
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 12:2

• 1 Kings 11:40Therefore Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam got up and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt. He remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
• 1 Kings 14:24and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did the same abominations as those of the nations that Adonai had driven out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake My decrees and My mitzvot that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leading kohanim and the people became very unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the House of Adonai, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
• Judges 2:13So they forsook Adonai and worshipped Baal and the Ashtaroth.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“Now you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
• Nehemiah 9:26“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
• Psalms 106:43Many times He delivered them, but they kept rebelling deliberately, and so sank low into their iniquity.
• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved His Ruach ha-Kodesh. So He turned to become their enemy. He Himself fought against them.
• Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will rebuke you and your backslidings will chide you. Know then and see how bad and bitter it is for you to forsake Adonai your God. Nor is fear of Me in you.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Jeremiah 44:22Then Adonai could no longer endure it, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations that you committed! So your land has become a wasteland, a desolation and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
• Lamentations 5:15Joy has ceased in our hearts. Our dance has turned into mourning.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 12:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Shishak king of Egypt - Concerning this man, and the motive which led him to attack the Jews, see the note on 1 Kings 14:31. Transgressed against the Lord - "Against the Word of the Lord." - Targum.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Shishak … came up … because they had transgressed - The writer speaks from a divine, not a human, point of view. Shishak‘s motive in coming up was to help Jeroboam, and to extend his own influence.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The book of Kings does not give a religious reason for Egypt's invasion. However, the Chronicler explains that the Egyptians attacked Jerusalem because Rehoboam broke the covenant and defied the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem--He was the first king of the twenty-second or Bubastic Dynasty. What was the immediate cause of this invasion? Whether it was in resentment for some provocation from the king of Judah, or in pursuance of ambitious views of conquest, is not said. But the invading army was a vast horde, for Shishak brought along with his native Egyptians an immense number of foreign auxiliaries.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 12:2

• Backsliders
• Chariot
• Egyptians
• Rehoboam
• Repentance
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• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Jerusalem
• Rehoboam
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Pharaoh, king of Egypt
• Shishak I
• Abijah
• Dispersion, the
• Israel, History of
• Shishak

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