2 Chronicles 12:6-12

12:6 The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is just.” ¹  12:7 When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: ²  “They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. ³  My anger will not be unleashed against ⁴  Jerusalem through ⁵  Shishak. 12:8 Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.” ⁶ 

12:9 King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. 12:10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard ⁷  who protected the entrance to the royal palace. 12:11 Whenever the king visited the Lord’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. ⁸ 

12:12 So when Rehoboam ⁹  humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; ¹⁰  Judah experienced some good things. ¹¹ 

[12:6]  ¹ tn Or “fair,” meaning the Lord’s punishment of them was just or fair.

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying.”

[12:7]  ³ tn Heb “and I will give to them soon deliverance.”

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Or “gush forth upon.”

[12:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “by the hand of.”

[12:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “so they may know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.”

[12:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “runners” (also in v. 11).

[12:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the chamber of the runners.”

[12:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord turned from him and did not destroy completely.”

[12:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and also in Judah there were good things.”