2 Chronicles 12:5

Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of the army of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to allow you to be captured by the army of Shishak.’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

In Context

4They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.

6Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15But if you do not do what Yahweh our God is telling you to do, and if you do not faithfully obey all his rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, this is what he will do to curse you:

Judges 10:13But now you have abandoned me again, and you have been worshiping other gods. So I will not rescue you again.

1 Kings 12:22But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:

2 Chronicles 11:2But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him:

2 Chronicles 15:2Azariah went to talk with Asa, and said to him, “Asa and all you men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, listen to me. Yahweh is with you whenever you are trusting in him. If you request him to help you, he will help you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Psalms 37:33But Yahweh will not abandon righteous people, and allow ◄them to fall into their enemies’ hands/their enemies harm them►. And he will not allow righteous people to be condemned when someone takes them to a judge to be put on trial.

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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