
Text -- 2 Chronicles 12:5 (NET)




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The Libyans of northeastern Africa.

JFB: 2Ch 12:3-5 - -- Some think these were the Kenite Arabs, dwellers in tents, but others maintain more justly that these were Arab troglodytes, who inhabited the caverns...
Some think these were the Kenite Arabs, dwellers in tents, but others maintain more justly that these were Arab troglodytes, who inhabited the caverns of a mountain range on the western coast of the Red Sea.

JFB: 2Ch 12:3-5 - -- From the regions south of Egypt. By the overwhelming force of numbers, they took the fortresses of Judah which had been recently put in a state of def...
From the regions south of Egypt. By the overwhelming force of numbers, they took the fortresses of Judah which had been recently put in a state of defense, and marched to lay siege to the capital. While Shishak and his army was before Jerusalem, the prophet Shemaiah addressed Rehoboam and the princes, tracing this calamity to the national apostasy and threatening them with utter destruction in consequence of having forsaken God (2Ch 12:6).
TSK -> 2Ch 12:5
TSK: 2Ch 12:5 - -- Shemaiah : 2Ch 11:2; 1Ki 12:22
Ye have forsaken me : 2Ch 12:1, 2Ch 12:2, 2Ch 15:2; Deut. 28:15-68; Jdg 10:9-14; 1Ch 28:9; Jer 2:19, Jer 4:18, Jer 5:19...

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Gill -> 2Ch 12:5
Gill: 2Ch 12:5 - -- Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,.... The same as in 2Ch 11:2, there called the man of God:
and to the princes of Judah that were gathere...
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,.... The same as in 2Ch 11:2, there called the man of God:
and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak; through fear of him, and for safety and protection from him, and to consult what was to be done at this critical juncture, whether to fight him, or make peace with him on the best terms they could:
and said unto them, thus saith the Lord, ye have forsaken me; his law, his word, worship, and ordinances, 2Ch 12:1,
and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak; suffered him to invade their land, take their fenced cities, and come up to Jerusalem without any opposition, as a punishment of their apostasy; and to explain this providence to them, and call them to repentance, was the prophet sent.

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TSK Synopsis -> 2Ch 12:1-16
TSK Synopsis: 2Ch 12:1-16 - --1 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak.5 He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are delivered from destruction, b...
MHCC -> 2Ch 12:1-16
MHCC: 2Ch 12:1-16 - --When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common,...
Matthew Henry -> 2Ch 12:1-12
Matthew Henry: 2Ch 12:1-12 - -- Israel was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city,...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 2Ch 12:4-7
Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ch 12:4-7 - --
After the capture of the fenced cities of Judah, he marched against Jerusalem. - 2Ch 12:5. Then the prophet Shemaiah announced to the king and the p...
Constable -> 2Ch 10:1--36:23; 2Ch 12:1-16
Constable: 2Ch 10:1--36:23 - --IV. THE REIGNS OF SOLOMON'S SUCCESSORS chs. 10--36
"With the close of Solomon's reign we embark upon a new phase...
