2 Chronicles 12:2

2 It happened in the fifth year of king Rechav`am, that Shishak king of Mitzrayim came up against Yerushalayim, because they had trespassed against the LORD,

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 It happened, when the kingdom of Rechav`am was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Yisra'el with him.

2 It happened in the fifth year of king Rechav`am, that Shishak king of Mitzrayim came up against Yerushalayim, because they had trespassed against the LORD,

3 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Mitzrayim: the Luvim, the Sukkiyim, and the Kushim.

4 He took the fortified cities which pertained to Yehudah, and came to Yerushalayim.

5 Now Shemayah the prophet came to Rechav`am, and to the princes of Yehudah, who were gathered together to Yerushalayim because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.