2 Chronicles 12:1-3
Rehoboam's <07346> [A.M. 3032. B.C. 972. when Rehoboam.]
rejected <05800> [he forsook.]
Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
Shishak <07895> [A.M. 3034. B.C. 970. Shishak.]
unfaithful <04603> [because.]
1,200 <03967> [twelve hundred.]
innumerable number <04557> [without number.]
Libyans <03864> [Lubims.]
Lubim, apparently the same with Lehabim (Ge 10:13,) were probably the ancient inhabitants of Lybia, (called Lubi in the Syriac version, Ac 2:10,) a district of Africa, adjoining to Egypt, and extending along the shore of the Mediterranean as far as the city of Cyrene.
Sukkites <05525> [the Sukkiims.]
The Sukkiim, (from {sachach,} "to cover,") are supposed to have been the Troglodites, as the LXX. and Vulgate render, a people of Egypt, on the west of the Red Sea, so called because they dwelt [en troglais,] in caves.
Cushites <03569> [Ethiopians.]
These Cushim were probably the inhabitants of Ethiopia, south of Egypt.
[Cushim. Heb.]
