2 Chronicles 12:1-16

Shishak invades Judah; Summary of Rehoboam's Reign; his Death (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 14:29). The words in 2 Chronicles 12:2 b (because they had trespassed.) to the end of 2 Chronicles 12:8, which do not figure in 1 K., are regarded by many commentators as a midrash (see note on 2 Chronicles 13:22) which the Chronicler either wrote himself or incorporated from some source to which he had access.

2 Chronicles 12:3. Sukkilm: not mentioned elsewhere; the LXX renders troglodytes (cave-dwellers), but the Hebrew word rather suggests dwellers in booths.

2 Chronicles 12:15. the histories. the seer: see note on 1 Chronicles 29:29.