2 Chronicles 12:5

5 Then 1Shemaiah 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, 2'You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.'"

2 Chronicles 12:5 In-Context

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.'"
6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous."
7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 11:2; 1 Kings 12:22
  • 2. [2 Chronicles 15:2]
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