2 Chronicles 12:6

Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, LORD is righteous.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

In Context

5Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the rulers of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says LORD, Ye have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of

7And when LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jer

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Cross References

Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long will thou refuse to humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Leviticus 26:41I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity,

1 Kings 8:37If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight, mildew, locust [or] caterpillar, if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there be,

2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 33:23And he did not humble himself before LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

Psalms 78:34When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:2-13

Abijah's Reign over Judah. ( b. c. 970.) 1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord , and all Israel with him. 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord , 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and… Read the whole commentary →

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