CHAPTER XII _Rehoboam and his subjects, forsaking the Lord, are delivered_ _into the hands of Shishak, king of Egypt_, 1-4. _Shemaiah the prophet remonstrates with them, and they humble_ _themselves, and Jerusalem is not destroyed; but Shishak takes_ _away all the treasures, and the golden shie... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:2. _SHISHAK KING OF EGYPT_] Concerning this man, and the motive which led him to attack the Jews, see the note on 1 Kings 14:31. _TRANSGRESSED AGAINST THE LORD_] "Against the WORD of the Lord." - _Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:3. _THE LUBIMS_] Supposed to be a people of _Libya_, adjoining to Egypt; sometimes called _Phut_ in Scripture, as the people are called _Lehabim_ and _Ludim_. _THE SUKKIIMS_] The _Troglodytes_, a people of Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea. They were called _Troglodytes_, Τρω... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:6. _WHEREUPON THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL AND THE KING HUMBLED_ _THEMSELVES_] This is not mentioned in the parallel place, 1 Kings 14:25-11: this was the sole reason why Jerusalem was not at this time _totally_ destroyed, and the house of David entirely cut off; for they were totally... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:8. _THEY SHALL BE HIS SERVANTS_] They shall be preserved, and serve their enemies, that they may see the difference between the service of God and that of man. While they were pious, they found the service of the Lord to be _perfect freedom_; when they forsook the Lord, they fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:9. _TOOK AWAY THE TREASURES_] Such a booty as never had before, nor has since, come into the hand of man. _THE SHIELDS OF GOLD_] These shields were the mark of the king's body-guard: it was in imitation of this Eastern magnificence that Alexander constituted his _Argyraspides_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:13. WAS _ONE AND FORTY YEARS OLD_] _Houbigant_ thinks he was but _sixteen_ years old when he began to reign; and brings many and forcible arguments to prove that the number _forty-one_ must be a mistake. That he was _young_ when he came to the throne, is evident from his consu... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:15. _CONCERNING GENEALOGIES_] "In the book of the genealogy of the family of David." - _Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 12:16. _ABIJAH HIS SON_] Concerning the many varieties in this king's name, 1 Kings 14:31.... [ Continue Reading ]