2 Chronicles 12:5
And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them : Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4And he took the strongest cities in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
6And the princes of Israel, and the king, being in a consternation, said: The Lord is just.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
Judges 10:13And yet you have forsaken me, and have worshipped strange gods: therefore I will deliver you no more:
1 Kings 12:22But the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:
2 Chronicles 11:2And the word of the Lord came to Semeias the man of God, saying:
2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Psalms 37:33But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
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 →