2 Chronicles 12:2

2 ¹In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, ²Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:2

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam
In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it:

Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
of whom see ( 1 Kings 11:40 ) ( 14:25 ) ,

because they transgressed against the Lord;
transgressed the law of the Lord by falling into idolatry and other abominable evils; the Targum is,

``against the Word of the Lord.''

2 Chronicles 12:2 In-Context

1 When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

2 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

3 with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people were without number who came with him from Egypt--Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians.

4 And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

5 Then 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.'"

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 14:25
• 2. 1 Kings 11:40