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2 Chronicles 12:2

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In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,

KJV

And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord,

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 12

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam,.... In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it: Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; of whom see 1Ki 11:40, because they transgressed against the Lord; transgressed the law of the Lord by falling into idolatry and other abominable evils; the Targum is,"against the Word of the Lord.''

This site's exposition

in the fifth year of king Rehoboam

on 2 Chronicles 12:2-4

Shishak's campaign lands in Rehoboam's fifth year, and Chronicles states the cause 1 Kings leaves to inference: they had transgressed against the Lord, tying the invasion straight back to the forsaking of verse 1. Twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen come up with troops Kings never names, Lubims, Sukkiims and Ethiopians drawn from Egypt's African allies, a coalition Chronicles alone records. The fenced cities Rehoboam had just built and garrisoned in chapter 11 fall without a battle, and Shishak reaches Jerusalem itself.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem--He was the first king of the twenty-second or Bubastic Dynasty. What was the immediate cause of this invasion? Whether it was in resentment for some provocation from the king of Judah, or in pursuance of ambitious views of conquest, is not said.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Shishak king of Egypt - Concerning this man, and the motive which led him to attack the Jews, see the note on 1Ki 14:31. Transgressed against the Lord - “Against the Word of the Lord.” - Targum.
Shishak ... came up ... because they had transgressed - The writer speaks from a divine, not a human, point of view. Shishak’s motive in coming up was to help Jeroboam, and to extend his own influence.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיְהִ֞יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בַּשָּׁנָ֤הin the year

    bashanahH8141 →877 times

  • הַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙<the> fifth

    hachamishitH2549 →

  • לַמֶּ֣לֶךְof the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • רְחַבְעָ֔םRehoboam

    rechavamH7346 →50 times

  • עָלָ֛הhe came up

    ʾalahH5927 →890 times

  • שִׁישַׁ֥קShishak

    shishakH7895 →7 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • מִצְרַ֖יִםEgypt

    mitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • מָעֲל֖וּthey had acted unfaithfully

    maaluH4603 →36 times

  • בַּיהוָֽה׃against Yahweh

    bayahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 11:40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.5 works2 Chronicles 7:19–20But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,3 works1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.2 worksLamentations 5:15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.2 works2 Chronicles 36:14–19Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.2 worksJudges 2:13–15for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.2 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 44:22–23So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.2 works1 Kings 14:24–26There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 worksIsaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.2 worksJeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.2 worksPsalms 106:43–44Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.2 works2 Chronicles 34:25because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’2 worksNehemiah 9:26–27But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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 Chronicles 28:9

    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought.…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 29:13

      You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

    • James 4:8–11

      Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

    • Matthew 7:7–8

      Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

    • Isaiah 55:6–7

      Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

    • Jeremiah 24:7

      I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.

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