2 Chronicles 12:5
Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudah, that were gathered together in Hierusalem, because of Shishak, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord, Ye haue forsaken me, therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Shishak.
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In Context
4And he tooke the strong cities which were of Iudah, and came vnto Ierusalem.
6Then the princes of Israel, and the King humbled themselues, and sayde, The Lord is iust.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe and to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shall come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.
Judges 10:13Yet ye haue forsaken me, and serued other gods: wherefore I will deliuer you no more.
1 Kings 12:22But the worde of God came vnto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 11:2But the worde of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him, O Asa, and all Iudah, and Beniamin, heare ye me. The Lord is with you, while ye be with him: and if ye seeke him, he wil be founde of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Psalms 37:33But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.
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 →