What does 2 Chronicles 12:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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,"
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:2. _SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT_] Concerning this man, and the motive which led him to attack the Jews, see the note on 1 Kings 14:31. _TRANSGRESSED AGAINST THE LORD_] "Against the WO...
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...
CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM'S APOSTASY, PUNISHMENT, AND DEATH _ 1. Rehoboam's apostasy (2 Chronicles 12:1)_ 2. Punishment through Shishak (2 Chronicles 12:2) 3. Death of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:13) The k...
SHISHAK INVADES JUDAH; SUMMARY OF REHOBOAM'S REIGN; HIS DEATH (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 14:29). The words in 2 Chronicles 12:2_ b_ (because they had trespassed.) to the en...
FIFTH YEAR. If the 390 years of Ezekiel 4:5 date back from the 5th year of Jehoiakin's captivity, they end 874, the close of Shishak's invasion. SHISLIAK. There is an inscription by Shishak on the ou...
_Shishak_ The Egyptian king has commemorated this expedition in a pictorial inscription on the wall of the temple of Karnak. It appears that the Northern kingdom suffered as well as the Southern, but...
2. THE REIGN OF REHOBOAM (11-12) TEXT 2 Chronicles 11:1. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were...
_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,_ Shishak king of Egypt came up against J...
12:2 transgressed (b-16) Strictly, 'acted treacherously.' see Joshua 22:16 ....
REIGN OF REHOBOAM (CONCLUDED) This chapter is parallel to 1 Kings 14:21, but supplies additional particulars respecting Shishak's army and the prophet Shemaiah....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 REHOBOAM – 2 CHRONICLES 12:1-16 V1 Rehoboam established his rule as...
AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See 1 Kings 14:25, with which this verse literally coincides, except that the last clause, “because they had transgressed,” is added by the chronicler. IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF KIN...
וַ יְהִ֞י בַּ † שָּׁנָ֤ה הַֽ חֲמִישִׁית֙ לַ † מֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֔ם עָלָ֛ה שִׁישַׁ֥ק מֶֽלֶךְ ־מִצְרַ֖יִם
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 13:1 THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to light a serious drawback of...
The issue was that Rehoboam "forsook the law of the Lord." The scourge came in the person of Israel's ancient foe, the king of Egypt. The patience of God is ever manifest in His dealing with His peopl...
How gracious is the Lord in raising up instruments of correction!...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12. Solomon's faults are not related here for reasons which we have already pointed out; but the history of Rehoboam shows us the immediate fall...
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:...
_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,_ Ver. 2. _In the fifth year of Rehoboa...
_In the fifth year Shishak came up against Jerusalem_ Presently after the apostacy of the king and people, which was in the fourth year. As this great calamity came upon them so soon after they began...
1 Rehoboam forsaking the LORD, is punished by Shishak. 5 He and the Princes repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are deliuered from destruction, but not from spoile. 13 The reigne and death of Re...
REHOBOAM SUBDUED BY SHISHAK...
EGYPT ATTACKS JUDAH (vv.1-9) Rehoboam's prosperity however became his downfall. When he strengthened himself in his kingdom sufficiently to think himself secure, he gave up any regard he had for the...
IN THE FIFTH YEAR; presently after the apostacy of the king and people, which was in his fourth year, by comparing this with 2 CHRONICLES 11:17....
2 Chronicles 12:2 fifth H2549 year H8141 King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 Shishak H7895 king H4428 Egypt H4714 up H5927 (H8804) Jerusalem H3389 transgressed H4603 (H8804) LORD H3068 Shishak - 1 Kings 11:40,...
2 Chronicles 12:1. _And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him._ They prospered, at first, b...
CONTENTS: Rehoboam defeated by Shishak. Death of Rehoboam. CHARACTERS: God, Rehoboam, Shishak, Shemaiah. CONCLUSION: It becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of providence, to justify God (2 Chr...
2 Chronicles 12:1. _Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord._ His juvenile council, his harem of eighteen queens and sixty concubines, are lamentable proofs of the imbecility of his mind. The apple-tree...
_He forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him._ REHOBOAM, FIRST KING OF JUDAH Individual lives attract and reward attention; hence the interest and fascination of fiction and history. Wha...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 12:2 UNFAITHFUL is an important term in Chronicles (see note on 1 Chron. 2:3–8). The Egyptian invasion is described as being God’s punishment for sin. SHISHAK is Shes...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 1 Kings 14:21, but considerably enlarges the narrative contained in that passage. The account of Shishak’s chariots and horsemen, the composition of his arm...
EXPOSITION This chapter finishes for us the history of Rehoboam, his "acts" and his character; and, with the preceding two chapters, it may be counted among the masterpieces of Scripture biography. In...
It came to pass [chapter twelve], when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him (2 Chronicles 12:1). As the king goe...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 11:40; 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Chronicles 7:19; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 44:22;...
Fifth year — Presently after the apostacy of the king and people, which was in the fourth year....