Divrey Hayamim Bais 12:6

6 Whereupon the Sarim (princes) of Yisroel and HaMelech humbled themselves; and they said, Tzaddik Hashem.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 12:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:6

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled
themselves
Both by words acknowledging their sins, and the justice of God, and by deeds, perhaps putting on sackcloth, as was usual on such occasions, and betaking themselves to fasting and prayer:

and they said, the Lord is righteous;
in giving them up into the hand of their enemies, seeing they had forsaken him, and sinned against him.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 12:6 In-Context

4 And he captured the arei hametzurot (fortified cities) which are of Yehudah, and came as far as Yerushalayim.

5 Then came Shemayah HaNavi to Rechav’am, and to the Sarim of Yehudah, that were assembled in Yerushalayim because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Hashem, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also abandoned you in the yad Shishak.

6 Whereupon the Sarim (princes) of Yisroel and HaMelech humbled themselves; and they said, Tzaddik Hashem.

7 And when Hashem saw that they humbled themselves, the Devar Hashem came to Shemayah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some peleitah (deliverance, rescue); and My chamah (anger, wrath) shall not be poured out upon Yerushalayim by the yad Shishak.

8 Nevertheless they shall be his avadim; that they may differentiate My avodah, and the avodat mamlechut of the lands.