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2 Chronicles 12:10-16

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10 and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.
11 And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard came and carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.
12 And when 1he humbled himself the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to make a complete destruction. Moreover, 2conditions were good[a] in Judah.
13 3So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
14 And he did evil, 4for he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.
15 5Now the acts of Rehoboam, 6from first to last, are they not written in the chronicles of 7Shemaiah the prophet and of 8Iddo 9the seer? [b] There were continual wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and 10Abijah[c] his son reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 12:10-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 12

Rehoboam and his people forsaking the law of the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt is allowed by God to invade his land, and take his fenced cities, 2Ch 12:1-4, upon which a prophet of the Lord was sent to him and his princes, to show them the reason of it; whereupon they humbled themselves, and the Lord was pleased not to allow the enemy utterly to destroy them, yet to reduce them to servitude, and take away their riches, 2Ch 12:5-12, and the chapter is closed with an account of the reign and death of Rehoboam, 2Ch 12:13-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 10

  • 1. 12:12 [ch. 7:14; 1 Kgs. 21:29; James 4:10]
  • 2. 12:12 [ch. 19:3]
  • 3. 12:13 1 Kgs. 14:21
  • 4. 12:14 [ch. 19:3]
  • 5. 12:15 [1 Kgs. 14:29]
  • 6. 12:15 ch. 9:29; 1 Chr. 29:29
  • 7. 12:15 ver. 5; 1 Kgs. 12:22
  • 8. 12:15 ch. 9:29; 13:22
  • 9. 12:15 See 1 Sam. 9:9
  • 10. 12:16 [1 Kgs. 14:31]

Footnotes 3

  • [a] 12:12 Hebrew 'good things were found'
  • [b] 12:15 After 'seer', Hebrew adds 'according to genealogy'
  • [c] 12:16 Spelled 'Abijam' in 1 Kings 14:31
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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