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    2 Chronicles 12

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    Jerusalem loses the gold shields Solomon made, receives bronze ones from Rehoboam, and still the chapter says, “Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.”

    The invasion reaches Jerusalemvv. 1–5

    Once Rehoboam had secured his rule, he and all Israel abandoned the Law of the LORD. In the fifth year, Shishak came out of Egypt with an army crowded with chariots, horsemen, Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites; he took Judah’s fortified cities and advanced to Jerusalem. There, with the king and Judah’s leaders gathered, Shemaiah gave the explanation in remarkably direct terms.

    Gold becomes bronzevv. 6–12

    The leaders and the king humbled themselves and called the LORD righteous. Destruction was withheld, but not servitude: Jerusalem would become Shishak’s servant, so that the difference between serving the LORD and serving foreign kings might be learned. Shishak then took the treasures of the LORD’s house and the royal palace, including Solomon’s gold shields. Rehoboam replaced them with bronze, which the guards carried when he entered the house of the LORD and returned to the guardroom afterwards. A diminished arrangement, certainly, though the chapter’s closing assessment of Judah is unexpectedly bright.

    Rehoboam’s reign endsvv. 13–16

    Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned there seventeen years. His mother was Naamah the Ammonite. The chapter gives the unvarnished verdict that he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD, mentions the continuing war with Jeroboam, and ends with Rehoboam buried in the City of David and Abijah reigning in his place.

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    1. 2 Chr 12:1After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.

    2. 2 Chr 12:2In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem

    3. 2 Chr 12:3with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

    4. 2 Chr 12:4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

    5. 2 Chr 12:5Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”

    6. 2 Chr 12:6So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

    7. 2 Chr 12:7When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

    8. 2 Chr 12:8Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

    9. 2 Chr 12:9So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

    10. 2 Chr 12:10Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

    11. 2 Chr 12:11And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

    12. 2 Chr 12:12Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, and He did not destroy him completely. Indeed, conditions were good in Judah.

    13. 2 Chr 12:13Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

    14. 2 Chr 12:14And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.

    15. 2 Chr 12:15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.

    16. 2 Chr 12:16And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.

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    • 12 Chronicles 11:17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.
    • 142 Chronicles 19:3However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”
    • 152 Chronicles 9:29As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
    • 3Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
    • 32 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
    • 12 Chronicles 12:13Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
    • 8Deuteronomy 28:47–48Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
    • 21 Kings 11:40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
    • 52 Chronicles 11:2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
    • 52 Chronicles 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
    • 6Exodus 9:27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
    • 8Isaiah 26:13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
    • 121 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
    • 122 Chronicles 12:6–7So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
    • 12Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
    • 122 Chronicles 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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