2 Chronicles 12:6

6 So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The ¹LORD is righteous."

2 Chronicles 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.

2 Chronicles 12:6 In-Context

4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

5 Then Shemaiah 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 , 'You 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 LORD is righteous."

7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.

8 "But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 9:27; Daniel 9:14