John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:12
And when he humbled himself ,.... That is, Rehoboam; or broke his heart, as the Targum, was of a contrite spirit seemingly, for it was merely external: the wrath of the Lord turned from him ; which appeared by the departure of Shishak's army: that he would not destroy him altogether ; or make an utter destruction of him and his people: and also in Judah things went well ; prospered and succeeded after this affair of Shishak was over: or "in Judah there were good things" F16 ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-12
Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron, might have done very well if they had continued in the way of their duty; but here we have all out of order there. I. Rehoboam and his people left God: He forsook the law of the Lord, and so in effect forsook God, and all Israel with him, 2 Chron. 12:1. He had his happy triennium, when he walked in... read more