2 Chronicles 12:1-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 12:3

2 Chronicles 12:3 . The Lubims The people of Lybia, a famous country of Africa, adjoining to Egypt. And the Sukkiims were the Troglodytes, a people who lived on the western side of the Red sea, and had that name from their dwelling in dens and caves of the earth, which is also the meaning of the Hebrew word סכיים , succhiim, here used. As for the people called Cush, which we translate Ethiopians, they were either those to the south of Egypt, or the Scenitæ in Arabia. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 12:5

2 Chronicles 12:5. Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah Lest they should not readily or rightly understand the meaning of this providence, God sends a prophet to explain it, namely, the same Shemaiah that had brought them an injunction from God not to fight against the ten tribes, who plainly tells them, that the reason why Shishak prevailed against them was, not because they had been impolitic in the management of their affairs, but because they had forsaken... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 12:6

2 Chronicles 12:6. Whereupon the princes and the king humbled themselves They penitentially acknowledged their sin, and patiently accepted the punishment of it, saying, The Lord is righteous We have none to blame but ourselves: let God be clear when he is judged. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of divine providence, to justify God, and judge ourselves. “Even princes and kings,” says Henry, “must either bend or break; either be humbled or ruined.” read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 12:1-16

10:1-36:23 THE KINGS OF JUDAHDivision and its consequences (10:1-13:22)The Chronicler records the division of the kingdom (10:1-11:4; see notes on 1 Kings 12:1-24), but omits the statement in 1 Kings 12:20 that Jeroboam was made king of the northern tribes. He does not even mention Jeroboam’s reign (1 Kings 12:25-14:20). He considers that because the northerners broke away from the dynasty of David and from the true worship of God, they had no right to be called a kingdom, and certainly not the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 12:1

he forsook. It is taken for granted that we know the details of 1 Kings 14:22-24 . all. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole), put for the part (viz. the ten tribes). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 12:2

fifth year. If the 390 years of Ezekiel 4:5 date back from the 5th year of Jehoiakin's captivity, they end 874, the close of Shishak's invasion. Shisliak. There is an inscription by Shishak on the outside of the south wall of the temple of Ammon at Karnac, in which he names the "king of Judah", and gives a list of 120 fortified cities he took. against Jerusalem. See App-53 . transgressed. Hebrew. ma'al. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 12:6

princes of Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17 . Israel. A special various reading called Sevir ( App-34 ) reads "Judah", as well as in 1Ch 22:17 ; 1 Chronicles 23:2 . Otherwise "Israel" is put for "Judah". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:1

REHOBOAM'S APOSTASY;THE INVASION OF SHISHAK;THE DEATH OF REHOBOAM;GOD'S PUNISHMENT OF ISRAEL BY SHISHAK"And it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him. And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah, with twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:3

2 Chronicles 12:3. The Lubims, the Sukkiims— The Lubims were a people of Lybia, which adjoined to Egypt, and are sometimes in Scripture called Phut, and sometimes Lubims, from the Arabic word Lub, which signifies dry or thirsty, as was the land which they inhabited. The Sukkiims were the people called Troglodites, because they dwelt in Troglais, caves and dens in the earth, on the coast of the Red Sea. The people called Cush, which we translate Ethiopians, were either inhabitants of a country... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 12:1

1. when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself—(See on :-). During the first three years of his reign his royal influence was exerted in the encouragement of the true religion. Security and ease led to religious decline, which, in the fourth year, ended in open apostasy. The example of the court was speedily followed by his subjects, for "all Israel was with him," that is, the people in his own kingdom. The very next year, the fifth of his reign, punishment was... read more

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