1-4 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak 5-12 He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil 13-16 The reign and death of Rehoboam

A.M. 3032 B.c. 972
when Rehoboam 2Ch 12:13 11:17

he forsook 2Ch 26:13-16 De 6:10-12 8:10-14 32:15,18 1Ki 9:9 Jer 2:31 Ho 13:1 13:6-8

all Israel 2Ch 11:3 1Ki 12:17 14:22-24 2Ki 17:19 Ho 5:10,11 Mic 6:16

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,

A.M. 3034 B.C. 970
Shishak 1Ki 11:40 14:24-26

because 2Ch 7:19,20 36:14-19 Jud 2:13-15 1Ch 28:9 Ne 9:26,27 Ps 106:43,44 Isa 63:10 Jer 2:19 44:22,23 La 5:15

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 the Ethiopians.

twelve hundred Jud 4:13 1Sa 13:5 2Sa 10:18

without number 2Ch 14:9 Jud 6:5 Re 9:16

Lubims Lubim, apparently the same with Lehabim (Ge 10:13) were probably the ancient inhabitants of Libya, (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. 2Ch 16:8 Eze 30:5 Na 3:9

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 Read Sea, so called because they dwelt in caves.

Ethiopians These Cushim were probably the inhabitants of Ethiopia, south of Egypt. 2Ch 14:12 16:8 Isa 43:3 Da 11:43 Na 3:9

Cushim Ge 10:6-8

4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.

the fenced 2Ch 11:5-12 Isa 36:1 Jer 5:10

came 2Ki 18:17 Isa 8:8 10:11

5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

Shemaiah 2Ch 11:2 1Ki 12:22

Ye have forsaken me 2Ch 12:1,2 15:2 De 28:15 Jud 10:9-14 1Ch 28:9 Jer 2:19 4:18 5:19 23:3

left you 2Sa 24:14 Ps 37:33

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

humbled 2Ch 11:2 1Ki 12:22

Ye have forsaken me 2Ch 12:1,2 15:2 De 28:15 Jud 10:9-14 1Ch 28:9 Jer 2:19 4:18 5:19 23:33

left you 2sa 24:14 ps 37:33

7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

humbled 2Ch 32:26 33:12,19,23 Ex 10:3 Le 26:40,41 1Ki 8:37-39 Ps 78:34,35 Jer 13:15,18 44:10 Da 5:22 Ho 5:15 Lu 18:14 Jas 4:6,10 Da 5:22 Ho 5:15 Lu 18:14 Jas 4:6,10

the Lord Ex 9:27 Jud 1:7 Job 33:27 Ps 129:4 La 1:18 Da 9:14 Ro 10:3

8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

Nevertheless Ne 9:36 Isa 26:13

that they may De 28:47 Jud 3:1 Jer 10:24 Ho 8:10

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

shishak 1Ki 14:25,26

took away 1Ki 15:18 2Ki 16:8 18:15,16 La 1:10

the shields 2Ch 9:15,16 1Ki 10:16,17

10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.

shields of brass 1Ki 14:27 La 4:1

the chief 2Sa 8:18 23:23 1Ch 11:25 So 3:7,8

11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

when 2Ch 12:6,7 33:12,13 Isa 57:15 La 3:22,33,42 1Pe 5:6

also in Judah things went well. or, yet in Judah there were good things. 2Ch 19:3 Ge 18:24 1Ki 14:13 Isa 6:13

13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

A.M. 3029-3046 B.C. 975-958
for Rehoboam 2Ch 13:7 1Ki 14:21

the city 2Ch 6:6 Ps 48:1-3 78:68,69

to put Ex 20:24 De 12:5,11 Eze 48:35

an Ammonitess De 23:3 1Ki 11:1 Ne 13:1,26

14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

he prepared [heb] he fixed 2Ch 11:16 19:3 30:19 1Sa 7:3 1Ch 29:18 Ps 57:7 78:8,37 1Co 15:58 16:13

to seek De 5:29 Ps 105:3,4 Isa 45:19 55:6,7 Eze 33:31 Mt 7:7

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

first and last 2Ch 9:29

book [heb] words
Shemaiah 2Ch 12:5 1Ki 12:22

Iddo 2Ch 9:29 13:22

wars 1ki 14:30

16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

slept 1Ki 14:29-31

Abijah 2Ch 13:1 1Ki 14:31

Abijam 1Ch 3:10 Mt 1:7

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