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2 Chronicles 12 – King James Version (KJV)

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Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah

(1Ki 14:25–28 )

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2Ch 12:1 - And it came to pass,^H1961 when^H3559^➔ Rehoboam^H7346 had established^➔^H3559 the kingdom,^H4438 and had strengthened himself,^H2393 he forsook^H5800 the law^H8451 of the LORD,^H3068 and all^H3605 Israel^H3478 with him.^H5973

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2Ch 12:2 - And it came to pass,^H1961 that in^H8141^➔ the fifth^H2549 year^➔^H8141 of king^H4428 Rehoboam^H7346 Shishak^H7895 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 came up^H5927 against^H5921 Jerusalem,^H3389 because^H3588 they had transgressed^H4603 against the LORD,^H3068

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2Ch 12:3 - With twelve hundred^H505^H3967 chariots,^H7393 and threescore^H8346 thousand^H505 horsemen:^H6571 and^H369^➔ the people^H5971 were^➔^➔ without^➔^H369 number^H4557 that^H834 came^H935 with him^H5973 out of Egypt;^H4714 the Lubims,^H3864 the Sukkiims,^H5525 and the Ethiopians.^H3569

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2Ch 12:4 - And he took^H3920 the fenced^H4694 cities^H5892 which^H834 pertained to Judah,^H3063 and came^H935 to^H5704 Jerusalem.^H3389

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2Ch 12:5 - Then^H8098^➔ came^H935 Shemaiah^➔^H8098 the prophet^H5030 to^H413 Rehoboam,^H7346 and to the princes^H8269 of Judah,^H3063 that^H834 were gathered together^H622 to^H413 Jerusalem^H3389 because of^H6440 Shishak,^H7895 and said^H559 unto them, Thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 Ye^H859 have forsaken^H5800 me,^H853 and therefore^H637^➔ have^H5800^➔ I^H589 also^➔^H637 left^➔^H5800 you^H853 in the hand^H3027 of Shishak.^H7895

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2Ch 12:6 - Whereupon^H3665^➔ the princes^H8269 of Israel^H3478 and the king^H4428 humbled themselves;^➔^H3665 and they said,^H559 The LORD^H3068 is righteous.^H6662

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2Ch 12:7 - And when^H7200^➔ the LORD^H3068 saw^➔^H7200 that^H3588 they humbled themselves,^H3665 the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 to^H413 Shemaiah,^H8098 saying,^H559 They have humbled themselves;^H3665 therefore I will^H7843^➔ not^H3808 destroy them,^➔^H7843 but I will grant^H5414 them some^H4592 deliverance;^H6413 and^H3808^➔ my wrath^H2534 shall^H5413^➔ not^➔^H3808 be poured out^➔^H5413 upon Jerusalem^H3389 by the hand^H3027 of Shishak.^H7895

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2Ch 12:8 - Nevertheless^H3588 they shall be^H1961 his servants;^H5650 that they may know^H3045 my service,^H5656 and the service^H5656 of the kingdoms^H4467 of the countries.^H776

Plunder Impoverishes Judah

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2Ch 12:9 - So^H5927^➔ Shishak^H7895 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 came up^➔^H5927 against^H5921 Jerusalem,^H3389 and took away^H3947 the treasures^H214 of the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 and^H853 the treasures^H214 of^H1004^➔ the king's^H4428 house;^➔^H1004 he took^H3947 all:^H3605 he carried away also^H3947 the shields^H4043 of gold^H2091 which^H834 Solomon^H8010 had made.^H6213

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2Ch 12:10 - Instead of which^H8478 king^H4428 Rehoboam^H7346 made^H6213 shields^H4043 of brass,^H5178 and committed^H6485 them to^H5921 the hands^H3027 of the chief^H8269 of the guard,^H7323 that kept^H8104 the entrance^H6607 of^H1004^➔ the king's^H4428 house.^➔^H1004

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2Ch 12:11 - And^H1961 when^H1767 the king^H4428 entered^H935 into the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 the guard^H7323 came^H935 and fetched them,^H5375 and brought them again^H7725 into^H413 the guard^H7323 chamber.^H8372

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2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself,^H3665 the wrath^H639 of the LORD^H3068 turned^H7725 from him,^H4480 that^H3808^➔ he would^H7843^➔ not^➔^H3808 destroy^➔^H7843 him altogether:^H3617 and also^H1571 in Judah^H3063 things^H1697 went^H1961 well.^H2896

(1Ki 14:21, 22, 29–31 )

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2Ch 12:13 - So^H2388^➔ king^H4428 Rehoboam^H7346 strengthened himself^➔^H2388 in Jerusalem,^H3389 and reigned:^H4427 for^H3588 Rehoboam^H7346 was one and^H259 forty^H705 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he began to reign,^H4427 and^H7651^➔ he reigned^H4427 seventeen^➔^H7651^H6240 years^H8141 in Jerusalem,^H3389 the city^H5892 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 had chosen^H977 out of all^H3605 the tribes^H7626 of Israel,^H3478 to put^H7760 his name^H8034 there.^H8033 And^H8034^➔ his mother's^H517 name^➔^H8034 was Naamah^H5279 an Ammonitess.^H5985

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2Ch 12:14 - And he did^H6213 evil,^H7451 because^H3588 he prepared^H3559 not^H3808 his heart^H3820 to seek^H1875 the LORD.^H3068

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2Ch 12:15 - Now the acts^H1697 of Rehoboam,^H7346 first^H7223 and last,^H314 are they^H1992 not^H3808 written^H3789 in the book^H1697 of Shemaiah^H8098 the prophet,^H5030 and of Iddo^H5714 the seer^H2374 concerning genealogies?^H3187 And^H4421^➔ there were wars^➔^H4421 between Rehoboam^H7346 and Jeroboam^H3379 continually.^H3605^H3117

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2Ch 12:16 - And^H7901^➔ Rehoboam^H7346 slept^➔^H7901 with^H5973 his fathers,^H1 and was buried^H6912 in the city^H5892 of David:^H1732 and^H4427^➔ Abijah^H29 his son^H1121 reigned^➔^H4427 in his stead.^H8478

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