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2 Crónicas 12

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Sisac invade JerusalƩn

1 DespuĆ©s de que RoboĆ”n consolidó su reino y se afirmó en el trono, Ć©l y todo Israel abandonaron la ley del SEƑOR
2 y le fueron infieles. Por eso en el quinto año del reinado de RoboÔn, Sisac, rey de Egipto, atacó a Jerusalén.
3 Con mil doscientos carros de combate, sesenta mil jinetes y una innumerable multitud de libios, suquĆ­es y cusitas procedentes de Egipto,
4 Sisac conquistó las ciudades fortificadas de JudÔ y llegó hasta Jerusalén.
5 Entonces el profeta SemaĆ­as se presentó ante RoboĆ”n y los jefes de JudĆ” que por miedo a Sisac se habĆ­an reunido en JerusalĆ©n, y les dijo:—AsĆ­ dice el SEƑOR: ā€œComo ustedes me abandonaron, ahora yo tambiĆ©n los abandono, para que caigan en manos de Sisacā€.
6 Los jefes israelitas y el rey confesaron con humildad:—”El SEƑOR es justo!
7 Cuando el SEƑOR vio que se habĆ­an humillado, le habló nuevamente a SemaĆ­as y le dijo: Ā«Puesto que han mostrado humildad, ya no voy a destruirlos; dentro de poco tiempo los librarĆ©. No voy a permitir que Sisac ejecute mi castigo sobre JerusalĆ©n,
8 aunque sí dejaré que los someta a su dominio, para que aprendan la diferencia que hay entre servirme a mí y servir a los reyes de otros países».
9 Sisac, rey de Egipto, atacó a JerusalĆ©n y se llevó los tesoros del templo del SEƑOR y del palacio real. Se lo llevó todo, aun los escudos de oro que Salomón habĆ­a hecho.
10 Para reemplazarlos, el rey RoboÔn mandó hacer escudos de bronce y los puso al cuidado de los jefes de la guardia que custodiaba la entrada del palacio real.
11 Siempre que el rey iba al templo del SEƑOR, los guardias lo acompaƱaban portando los escudos, pero luego los devolvĆ­an a la sala de los centinelas.
12 Por haberse humillado RoboĆ”n, y porque aĆŗn quedaba algo bueno en JudĆ”, el SEƑOR apartó su ira de Ć©l y no lo destruyó por completo,
13 asĆ­ que el rey RoboĆ”n afirmó su trono y continuó reinando en JerusalĆ©n. Su madre era una amonita llamada NoamĆ”.RoboĆ”n tenĆ­a cuarenta y un aƱos cuando ascendió al trono, y reinó diecisiete aƱos en JerusalĆ©n, la ciudad donde, de entre todas las tribus de Israel, el SEƑOR habĆ­a decidido habitar.[a]
14 Pero RoboĆ”n actuó mal, porque no tuvo el firme propósito de buscar al SEƑOR.
15 Los acontecimientos del reinado de RoboÔn, desde el primero hasta el último, incluyendo las constantes guerras que hubo entre JeroboÔn y él, estÔn escritos en las crónicas del profeta Semaías y del vidente Idó.
16 Cuando RoboÔn murió, fue sepultado en la Ciudad de David. Y su hijo Abías lo sucedió en el trono.

2 Crónicas 12 Commentary

Chapter 12

Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished.

- When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common, but very lamentable, that men, who in distress or danger, or near death, seem much engaged in seeking and serving God, throw aside all their religion when they have received a merciful deliverance. God quickly brought troubles upon Judah, to awaken the people to repentance, before their hearts were hardened. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of Providence, to justify God, and to judge ourselves. If we have humbled hearts under humbling providences, the affliction has done its work; it shall be removed, or the property of it be altered. The more God's service is compared with other services, the more reasonable and easy it will appear. Are the laws of temperance thought hard? The effects of intemperance will be found much harder. The service of God is perfect liberty; the service of our lusts is complete slavery. Rehoboam was never rightly fixed in his religion. He never quite cast off God; yet he engaged not his heart to seek the Lord. See what his fault was; he did not serve the Lord, because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon, for wisdom and grace; he did not consult the word of God, did not seek to that as his oracle, nor follow its directions. He made nothing of his religion, because he did not set his heart to it, nor ever came up to a steady resolution in it. He did evil, because he never was determined for good.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a] "habitar" . Lit. "poner tu nombre" .

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 12

Rehoboam and his people forsaking the law of the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt is allowed by God to invade his land, and take his fenced cities, 2Ch 12:1-4, upon which a prophet of the Lord was sent to him and his princes, to show them the reason of it; whereupon they humbled themselves, and the Lord was pleased not to allow the enemy utterly to destroy them, yet to reduce them to servitude, and take away their riches, 2Ch 12:5-12, and the chapter is closed with an account of the reign and death of Rehoboam, 2Ch 12:13-16.

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