2 Chronicles 12:5
Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “This is what Yahweh says: You have forsaken me, so I have also given you over into Shishak's hand.”
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4He captured the fortified cities that belonged to Judah and came to Jerusalem.
6Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep all his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you.
Judges 10:13Yet you abandoned me again and worshiped other gods. Therefore, I will not keep adding to the times I deliver you.
1 Kings 12:22But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God; it said,
2 Chronicles 11:2But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 15:2He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Psalms 37:33Yahweh will not abandon him into the evil person's hand 1 or condemn him when he is judged. 1
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 →