2 Chronicles 12:6

6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.”

2 Chronicles 12:6 in Other Translations

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

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

6 Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is right in doing this to us!”

6 The leaders of Israel and the king were repentant and said, "God is right."

6 So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord 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 the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.’ ”

6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is just.”

7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

8 They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 26:41; S 2 Chronicles 6:37
• 2. Exodus 9:27; Ezra 9:15; Psalms 11:7; Psalms 116:5; Daniel 9:14