The King of Egypt Fights Against King Rehoboam |
2 Chronicles 12:1-16 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
It [happened] when [king] Rehoboam had strengthened himself & established the kingdom, he & all Israel with him [abandoned[ the Law of the Lord. It [happened] in the 5th year king [Rehoboam ruled, that] Shishak, [Egypt’s] king, [fought] against Jerusalem, because they had [sinned] against the Lord. |
[1 Kings 14:28 [Therefore] king [Jeroboam] took counsel & made 2 calves of gold & said to [the people,] It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. [See] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up out of the land of Egypt. [Jeroboam put] 1 in BethEl & 1 in Dan.] |
With 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen & people without number, [Shishak] came out of Egypt with: the Lubims, Sukkims & the Ethiopians. [Shishak] captured the fenced cities [of] Judah & came to Jerusalem. |
Then Shemaiah, the prophet, came to [king] Rehoboam & to the princes of Judah, [who] had gathered together in Jerusalem, because of Shishak. [Shemaiah, the prophet] said to them,The Lord [says this,] You have [abandoned] Me & I have also left you in the hand of Shishak, [Egypt’s] king.] |
[Then,] the king & the princes of Israel humbled themselves & said, The Lord is righteous. When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves. |
Therefore, I [won’t] destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance & My [anger] shall not be poured out on Jerusalem [at] the hand of Shishak, [Egypt’s king.] [Still,] they shall be his servants, [so] that they may know the difference [between] serving Me & [serving the kings of other] countries. |
So, Shishak, [Egypt’s] king, [fought] against Jerusalem & took away the treasures [from] the [Lord’s] house & [from] the king’s house & the gold shields Solomon had made. |
Instead, king Rehoboam made brass shields & [put] them [into] the hands of the [head] guard, [in charge of] the entrance of the king’s house. When king [Rehoboam] entered the [Lord’s] house, the guard came & [got] him & brought him into the [guard’s room.] |
When [Rehoboam’ humbled himself, the [Lord’s anger] turned [away] from [Rehoboam.] [The Lord wouldn’t totally] destroy [Rehoboam.] |
[1 Kings 21:28-29 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying, You see how Ahab humbles himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days, I will bring the evil upon his [family.] |
Also, things went well in Judah. So, king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem & [ruled.] For Rehoboam was 41 years old when he began to [rule] & [he ruled] 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen to put His Name there, out of all the tribes of Israel. |
[Rehoboam’s] mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. [Rehoboam] did evil, because he [didn’t] prepare his heart to seek the Lord. [Aren’t Rehoboam’s actions] 1st & last written in the [records] of Shemaiah, the prophet & Iddo, the seer, [about] genealogies? |
There were wars between [king] Rehoboam & Jeroboam continually. Rehoboam [died] & slept with his [forefathers] & was buried in the city of David. Abijah his son, [ruled] in his [place.] |