2 Chronicles 12:1-8 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Word of the Lord." - Targum. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:3

The Lubims - Supposed to be a people of Libya, adjoining to Egypt; sometimes called Phut in Scripture, as the people are called Lehabim and Ludim. The Sukkiims - The Troglodytes, a people of Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. They were called Troglodytes, Τρωγλοδυται, οἱ τας τρωγλας οικουντες , "because they dwelt in caves." - Hesych. This agrees with what Pliny says of them, Troglodytae specus excavant, haec illis domus ; "The Troglodytes dig themselves caves; and these serve... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:6

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves - This is not mentioned in the parallel place, 1 Kings 14:25-29 ; : this was the sole reason why Jerusalem was not at this time totally destroyed, and the house of David entirely cut off; for they were totally incapable of defending themselves against this innumerable host. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:8

They shall be his servants - They shall be preserved, and serve their enemies, that they may see the difference between the service of God and that of man. While they were pious, they found the service of the Lord to be perfect freedom; when they forsook the Lord, they found the fruit to be perfect bondage. A sinful life is both expensive and painful. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1

When Rehoboam had established the kingdom … strengthened himself ; i.e. while insecure and full of apprehensions, Rehoboam walked humbly and surely, but when he thought his object, simply safety, was gained, his true and worse self appeared or reappeared, and, clothed with self-confidence, he forsakes the "Law," to bring sure retribution on himself. All Israel with him. When we turn to the fuller statements of the parallel ( 1 Kings 14:22-24 ), we see that the sins that were at work... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1

The peril of security. The King of Judah, whose career had been marked By such a strange admixture of good and evil, of wisdom and folly (see homily on 2 Chronicles 11:18-23 ), here takes another turn in his varied course, and this time a decisive one; but we mark first— I. THE GOOD WORK OF CONSOLIDATION . He "had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself." The reference is, principally though not perhaps exclusively, to the action chronicled in the previous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-2

The apostasy of Rehoboam. I. EARLY IN ITS COMMENCEMENT . After the three years already mentioned ( 2 Chronicles 11:17 ). Rehoboam's piety was short-lived, like the morning cloud and early dew ( Hosea 6:4 ), and like the seed upon stony ground ( Matthew 13:5 ). Want of stability and permanence is a chief defect in man's goodness. Many begin well who neither continue long nor end aright. II. PRESUMPTUOUS IN ITS SPIRIT . Rehoboam's declension began after he had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

A model instance of Divine goodness and opportunity prolonged to one who annulled all, and vitiated every highest privilege vouchsafed to him, by the one fact of his own infidelity of heart. We are strikingly taught, and we vividly recall from the contents of this chapter, the following lessons and facts. I. HOW VERY PRONE FORGETFULNESS OF OUR PAST SINS IS TO FOLLOW WITH SWIFT RAPIDITY ON PRESENT RESPITE FROM FEAR , RELIEF FROM SUFFERING , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2

Shishak ; Hebrew, שִׁישַׁק ; Septuagint, σουσάκιμ ; Shishak, Sheshonk, Sesonchis, the Sheshenk I. or Shashank I. of the monuments, son of an Assyrian king called Nimrod or Nemaruth, became King of Egypt as first of six kings who lasted in all a hundred and seventy years, of the twenty-second dynasty of Manetho, reigning in Bubastis. To him Jeroboam had fled for refuge from Solomon ( 1 Kings 11:40 ). He reigned An. Sac. 3830 to 3851 or 3863. This makes Solomon's reign A.S. 3799 to... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:2

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2

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