2 Chroniques 12:3

3 Il avait mille deux cents chars et soixante mille cavaliers; et il vint d'Egypte avec lui un peuple innombrable, des Libyens, des Sukkiens et des Ethiopiens.

2 Chroniques 12:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:3

With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen;
and the people were without number
The foot soldiers; their number, according to Josephus ^F8 was 400,000:

that came with him out of Egypt;
the above numerous army came from thence with him, which was famous for horses and chariots of war, see ( Exodus 14:7 Exodus 14:28 ) , what follow seem to have joined him after he came out of Egypt, or whom he subdued in his way; the Lubim or Lybians, inhabitants of Libya, a country near Egypt the same with the Lehabim; of whom see ( Genesis 10:13 ) ,

the Sukkiims;
who were either the Scenite Arabs, who dwelt in tents, as this word signifies; or the Troglodytes, according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, who dwelt in dens and caves, in which sense the word "Succah" is sometimes used, ( Job 38:40 ) ( Psalms 10:9 ) and in their country was a town called Suchae, mentioned by Pliny ^F9; they inhabited near the Red sea; and if Shishak is the same with Sesostris, as is thought, these people were subdued by him, as Herodotus ^F11 and Strabo ^F12 testify:

and the Ethiopians;
some think these were the Cushite Arabs, and that Sesostris came into Arabia is testified by the above writers; though rather the proper Ethiopians are meant, since they are joined with the Lubim or Africans; and since, as Herodotus ^F13 says, he ruled over Ethiopia; and Diodorus Siculus ^F14 says he fought with them, and obliged them to pay him tribute.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 10. sect. 2.
F9 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 29.
F11 Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 102.
F12 Geograph. l. 16. p. 529.
F13 Ut supra, (Euterpe, sive, l. 2.) c. 110.
F14 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 50.

2 Chroniques 12:3 In-Context

1 Lorsque Roboam se fut affermi dans son royaume et qu'il eut acquis de la force, il abandonna la loi de l'Eternel, et tout Israël l'abandonna avec lui.

2 La cinquième année du règne de Roboam, Schischak, roi d'Egypte, monta contre Jérusalem, parce qu'ils avaient péché contre l'Eternel.

3 Il avait mille deux cents chars et soixante mille cavaliers; et il vint d'Egypte avec lui un peuple innombrable, des Libyens, des Sukkiens et des Ethiopiens.

4 Il prit les villes fortes qui appartenaient à Juda, et arriva jusqu'à Jérusalem.

5 Alors Schemaeja, le prophète, se rendit auprès de Roboam et des chefs de Juda qui s'étaient retirés dans Jérusalem à l'approche de Schischak, et il leur dit: Ainsi parle l'Eternel: Vous m'avez abandonné; je vous abandonne aussi, et je vous livre entre les mains de Schischak.