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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 11:172 Chr 12:132 Chr 26:13-161 Kgs 14:22-241 Kgs 12:171 Kgs 9:92 Chr 11:32 Kgs 17:19Deut 32:15Deut 32:18

2 Chronicles 12:2²Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:402 Chr 7:19-201 Chr 28:91 Kgs 14:24-262 Chr 36:14-19Isa 63:10Jer 2:19Jer 44:22-23Judg 2:13-15Lam 5:15

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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 16:8Nah 3:9Dan 11:431 Sam 13:52 Chr 14:122 Chr 14:92 Sam 10:18Ezek 30:5Gen 10:6-8Isa 43:3

2 Chronicles 12:4⁴He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 11:5-122 Kgs 18:17Isa 10:11Isa 36:1Isa 8:8Jer 5:10

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.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 11:22 Chr 15:21 Kgs 12:221 Chr 28:92 Chr 12:1-22 Sam 24:14Deut 28:15-68Jer 2:19Jer 23:33Jer 4:18

2 Chronicles 12:6⁶The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 9:27Dan 9:141 Kgs 8:37-392 Chr 32:262 Chr 33:122 Chr 33:192 Chr 33:23Dan 5:22Exod 10:3Hos 5:15

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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 34:251 Kgs 21:28-29Isa 42:252 Chr 34:212 Kgs 13:232 Kgs 13:4-7Amos 7:6-8Jer 3:13Jer 7:20Judg 10:15-16

2 Chronicles 12:8⁸Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:47-48Isa 26:13Hos 8:10Jer 10:24Judg 3:1Neh 9:36

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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 10:16-172 Chr 9:15-161 Kgs 14:25-282 Kgs 16:81 Kgs 15:182 Kgs 18:15-16Lam 1:10

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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:251 Kgs 14:272 Sam 23:232 Sam 8:18Lam 4:1Song 3:7-8

2 Chronicles 12:11¹¹Whenever the king visited the Lord ’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Chronicles 12:12¹²So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 19:31 Kgs 14:132 Chr 12:6-72 Chr 33:12-13Gen 18:24Isa 57:15Isa 6:13Lam 3:22Lam 3:33Lam 3:42

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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 14:212 Chr 6:6Deut 12:51 Kgs 11:12 Chr 13:7Deut 12:11Deut 23:3Exod 20:24Ezek 48:35Neh 13:1

2 Chronicles 12:14¹⁴He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 19:31 Cor 15:581 Cor 16:13Ezek 33:31Isa 45:19Isa 55:6-72 Chr 11:162 Chr 30:19Ps 105:3-4Ps 78:37

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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 9:292 Chr 12:51 Kgs 12:222 Chr 13:221 Kgs 14:29-30

2 Chronicles 12:16¹⁶Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:101 Kgs 14:29-312 Chr 11:202 Chr 13:1Matt 1:7