2 Chronicles 12
12
1 After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord. 2 Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 3 He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. 4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.
5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’”#tn Heb “also I have rejected you into the hand of Shishak.” 6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”#tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair. 7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah:#tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.” “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon.#tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.” My anger will not be unleashed against#tn Or “gush forth upon.” Jerusalem through#tn Heb “by the hand of.” Shishak. 8 Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”#tn Heb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”
9 King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. 10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard#tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11). who protected the entrance to the royal palace. 11 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.#tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”
12 So when Rehoboam#tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity. humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him;#tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.” Judah experienced some good things.#tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.” 13 King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem;#tn Heb “and the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and ruled.” he#tn Heb “Rehoboam.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead. was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home.#tn Heb “the city where the Lord chose to place his name from all the tribes of Israel.” Rehoboam’s#tn Heb “his”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. 14 He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.#tn Heb “because he did not set his heart to seek the Lord.”
15 The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded#tn Heb “As for the events of Rehoboam, the former and the latter, are they not written?” in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records. 16 Then Rehoboam passed away#tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” and was buried in the City of David.#sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. His son Abijah replaced him as king.
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2 Chronicles 12
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1And when Rehoboam had established the kingdome and made it strong, hee forsooke the Lawe of the Lord, and all Israel with him. 2Therefore in the fift yeere of King Rehoboam, Shishak the King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem (because they had transgressed against the Lord) 3With twelue hundreth charets, and three score thousande horsemen, and the people were without nomber, that came with him from Egypt, euen the Lubims, Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem. 5Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudah, that were gathered together in Hierusalem, because of Shishak, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord, Ye haue forsaken me, therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Shishak. 6Then the princes of Israel, and the King humbled themselues, and sayde, The Lord is iust. 7And when the Lord sawe that they humbled themselues, the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They haue humbled theselues, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will sende them deliuerance shortly, and my wrath shall not bee powred out vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8Neuerthelesse they shalbe his sernants: so shall they knowe my seruice, and the seruice of the kingdomes of the earth. 9Then Shishak King of Egypt came vp against Ierusalem, and tooke the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the Kings house he tooke euen all, and hee caried away the shields of golde, which Salomon had made. 10In stead whereof King Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse, and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde, that wayted at the doore of the Kings house. 11And when the King entred into the house of the Lord, the garde came and bare them and brought them againe vnto the garde chamber. 12And because hee humbled himselfe, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, that hee woulde not destroy all together. And also in Iudah the things prospered. 13So King Rehoboam was strong in Ierusalem and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and fourtie yere olde, when he began to reigne, and reigned seuenteene yeres in Ierusalem, the citie which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his Name there. And his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitesse. 14And he did euill: for hee prepared not his heart to seeke the Lord. 15The actes also of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the booke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and Iddo the Seer, in rehearsing the genealogie? and there was warre alway betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam. 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.
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