2 Chronicles 12:3
in 2 Chronicles 12with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
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ASV
with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
KJV
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 12
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
twelve hundred chariots - This number is not unusnal (compare Exo 14:7; 1Ki 10:26). Benhadad brought 1,200 chariots into the field against Shalmaneser II; and Ahabhad at the same time a force of 2,000 chariots (compare the 1Ki 20:1 note). The Lubims or “Libyans” Dan 11:43, were a people of Africa, distinct from the Egyptians and the Ethiopians dwelling in their immediate neighborhood. They were called Ribu or Libu by the Egyptians. See Gen 10:13. Sukkiims - This name does not occur elsewhere.
This site's exposition
In the fifth year of Rehoboam
on 2 Chronicles 12:2-4
Shishak attacks in Rehoboam's fifth year, and Chronicles states the cause, “because they had been unfaithful to the LORD”. With “1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen” come “Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites,” troops Kings never names. The fortified cities Rehoboam built in chapter 11 fall, and Shishak reaches Jerusalem.
This site's exposition
Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites
Barnes calls the 1,200 chariots of Shishak king of Egypt an ordinary figure, and notes that Ben-hadad later came with as many against Shalmaneser II. The Libyans were an African people whom Egypt called Libu. Wesley reads Sukkites as tent dwellers, while Barnes finds the name nowhere else.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Lubims - A people of Africk bordering upon Egypt. Sukkiims - A people living in tents, as the word signifies; and such there were not far from Egypt, both in Africk and in Arabia.
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen; and the people were without number,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
While Shishak and his army was before Jerusalem, the prophet Shemaiah addressed Rehoboam and the princes, tracing this calamity to the national apostasy and threatening them with utter destruction in consequence of having forsaken God (2Ch 12:6).
The Lubims - Supposed to be a people of Libya, adjoining to Egypt; sometimes called Phut in Scripture, as the people are called Lehabim and Ludim. The Sukkiims - The Troglodytes, a people of Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. They were called Troglodytes, Τρωγλοδυται, οἱ τας τρωγλας οικουντες, “because they dwelt in caves.” - Hesych. This agrees with what Pliny says of them, Troglodytae specus excavant, haec illis domus; “The Troglodytes dig themselves caves; and these serve them for houses.” This is not very different from the import of the original name סכיים Sukkiyim, from סכה sachah, to cover or overspread; (hence סוך such, a tabernacle); the people who were covered (emphatically) under the earth. The Septuagint translate by the word Τρωγλοδυται, Troglodytes. The Ethiopians - כושים Cushim. Various people were called by this name, particularly a people bordering on the northern coast of the Red Sea; but these are supposed to have come from a country of that name on the south of Egypt.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּאֶ֤לֶף | beelef | with one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ | umatayim | and two hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| רֶ֔כֶב | rekhev | chariot[s] | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים | uveshishim | and with sixty | H8346 → | 59 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| פָּרָשִׁ֑ים | parashim | horsemen | H6571 → | 57 times |
| וְאֵ֣ין | veein | and not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מִסְפָּ֗ר | mispar | number | H4557 → | 134 times |
| לָעָ֞ם | laam | [belonged] to the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּ֤אוּ | bau | they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עִמּוֹ֙ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לוּבִ֥ים | luvim | Libyans | H3864 → | |
| סֻכִּיִּ֖ים | sukiyim | Sukkites | H5525 → | |
| וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ | vekhushim | and Cushites | H3569 → | 26 times |
בְּאֶ֤לֶףwith one thousand
beelefH505 →505 times
וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙and two hundred
umatayimH3967 →581 times
רֶ֔כֶבchariot[s]
rekhevH7393 →119 times
וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥יםand with sixty
uveshishimH8346 →59 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
פָּרָשִׁ֑יםhorsemen
parashimH6571 →57 times
וְאֵ֣יןand not
veeinH369 →789 times
מִסְפָּ֗רnumber
misparH4557 →134 times
לָעָ֞ם[belonged] to the people
laamH5971 →1873 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּ֤אוּthey came
bauH935 →2568 times
עִמּוֹ֙with him
imoH5973 →1050 times
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִםfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לוּבִ֥יםLibyans
luvimH3864 →
סֻכִּיִּ֖יםSukkites
sukiyimH5525 →
וְכוּשִֽׁים׃and Cushites
vekhushimH3569 →26 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 13:5Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 14:23
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
- Joshua 11:4
So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
- 1 Samuel 14:23
Through
Revelation 9:16And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
it leads to
- Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- Revelation 7:4
Through
2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:16
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of…
- 2 Chronicles 13:16
Through
Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
- Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:10
Through
Daniel 11:43He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
it leads to
- Nahum 3:9
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
- Nahum 3:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.