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2 Chronicles 12:1-10

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Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah

1 1When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, 2he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD.
2 3And it came about in King Rehoboam's fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, that 4Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem
3 with 1,200 * chariots and 60,000 * horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: 5the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.
4 He captured 6the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Then 7Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because * of Shishak, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, '8You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you to Shishak.' "
6 So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The 9LORD is righteous."
7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "10They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and 11My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.
8 "But they will become his slaves so 12that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."

Plunder Impoverishes Judah

9 13So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's palace. He took everything; 14he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made.
10 Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door of the king's house.
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2 Chronicles 12:1-10 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

Cross References 14

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 11:17; 2 Chronicles 12:13
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 26:13-16
  • 3. 1 Kings 14:25
  • 4. 1 Kings 11:40
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 16:8; Nahum 3:9
  • 6. 2 Chronicles 11:5-12
  • 7. 2 Chronicles 11:2
  • 8. Deuteronomy 28:15; 2 Chronicles 15:2
  • 9. Exodus 9:27; Daniel 9:14
  • 10. 1 Kings 21:29
  • 11. 2 Chronicles 34:25-27; Psalms 78:38
  • 12. Deuteronomy 28:47, 48
  • 13. 1 Kings 14:26-28
  • 14. 1 Kings 10:16, 17; 2 Chronicles 9:15, 16

Footnotes 3

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