2 Chronicles 12 (NET)

2 Chronicles 12:1¹After Rehoboam’s rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:2²Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:3³He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:4⁴He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:5⁵Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’”LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:6⁶The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:7⁷When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the Lord ’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. My anger will not be unleashed against Jerusalem through Shishak.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:8⁸Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:9⁹King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord ’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:10¹⁰King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:11¹¹Whenever the king visited the Lord ’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:12¹²So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:13¹³King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam’s mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:14¹⁴He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:15¹⁵The events of Rehoboam’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer that include genealogical records. There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy

2 Chronicles 12:16¹⁶Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.LinkCopyStudyKJV+Strong'sLinkCopyStudy