2 Chronicles 12:1-16

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 12:3

THE LUBIMS, THE SUKKIIMS] The LUBIMS were probably Libyans; the SUKKIIMS, who are not mentioned elsewhere, are called in LXX 'Troglodytes,' i.e. 'cave-dwellers.'... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 12:6

THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL] The term 'Israel' is often applied in Chronicles to the people of Judah, as more nearly realising the ideal of the true Israel than the sister kingdom: cp. 2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Chronicles 23:2; 2 Chronicles 24:5; 2 Chronicles 28:19; 2 Chr... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 12:12

THINGS WENT WELL] RV 'there were good things, _found'_: cp. 2 Chronicles 19:3; 1 Kings 14:13. The king's repentance was accompanied by a moral reformation on the part of the people.... [ Continue Reading ]

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