2 Chronicles 12:2 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam ,.... In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it: Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem ; of whom see 1 Kings 11:40 , because they transgressed against the Lord ; transgressed the law of the Lord by falling into idolatry and other abominable evils; the Targum is,"against the Word of the Lord.' read more

Adam Clarke

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2-4

Shishak's invasion. I. THE INVADER . Shishak King of Egypt, the Sesonchis of Manetho, the Shashanq I. of the monuments. Originally the son of an Assyrian king named Nimrod, "who had met his death in Egypt and been buried at Abydos," Shashanq I. of the twenty-second dynasty established his seat of royalty at Bubastis, in Lower Egypt. His mother's name was Tentespeh, his wife's Tahpenes ( 1 Kings 11:19 ). One of his wife's sisters married Hadad the Edomite; another became the wife of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2-12

Penalty, penitence, and forgiveness. It was not many months before Rehoboam found out the heinousness of his offence, the magnitude of his mistake; for in the path of sin comes penalty, and behind penalty steals shame. Happily for him there was mercy behind that. We look at this succession— I. AS EXPERIENCED BY THE KING OF JUDAH . First of all, following fast on his transgression, came: 1 . Divine displeasure and humiliating defeat. There came in to his palace-gates... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:2

Shishak ... came up ... because they had transgressed - The writer speaks from a divine, not a human, point of view. Shishak’s motive in coming up was to help Jeroboam, and to extend his own influence. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:2-12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:2

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