2 Chronicles 12:5
And Shemaiah the prophet has come to Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered to Jerusalem [to escape] from the presence of Shishak, and says to them, “Thus said YHWH: You have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak”;
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4and he captures the cities of the bulwarks that [are] of Judah, and comes to Jerusalem.
6and the heads of Israel are humbled—and the king—and they say, “YHWH [is] righteous.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15And it has been, if you do not listen to the voice of your God YHWH, to observe to do all His commands and His statutes which I am commanding you today, that all these revilings have come on you and overtaken you:
Judges 10:13and you have forsaken Me, and serve other gods, therefore I do not add to save you.
1 Kings 12:22And the word of God is to Shemaiah a man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 11:2And a word of YHWH is to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 15:2and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;
Psalms 37:33YHWH does not leave him in his hand, || Nor condemn him in his being 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 →