2 Chronicles 12:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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, ”

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shishak ... came up ... because they had transgressed - The writer speaks from a divine, not a human, point of view. Shishak’s motive in coming up was to help Jeroboam, and to extend his own infl...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Shishak invades Judah; Summary of Rehoboam's Reign; his Death (see notes on 1 Kings 14:21 f., 1 Kings 14:25-28 ; 1 Kings 14:29-31 ). The words in 2 Chronicles 12:2 b (because they had tresp...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fifth year. If the 390 years of Ezekiel 4:5 date back from the 5th year of Jehoiakin's captivity, they end 874, the close of Shishak's invasion. Shisliak. There is an inscription by Shishak on...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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, Shishak king of Egypt - Concerning this...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, Shishak king of Egypt came up aga...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Rehoboam (concluded) This chapter is parallel to 1 Kings 14:21-31 , but supplies additional particulars respecting Shishak's army and the prophet Shemaiah.
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And it came to pass. — See 1 Kings 14:25 , with which this verse literally coincides, except that the last clause, “because they had transgressed,” is added by the chronicler. In the fifth year...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 11:1-23 ; 2 Chronicles 12:1-16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to ligh...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The issue was that Rehoboam "forsook the law of the Lord." The scourge came in the person of Israel's ancient foe, the king of Egypt. The patience of God is ever manifest in His dealing with His peop...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How gracious is the Lord in raising up instruments of correction!
2 Chronicles 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam ,.... In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, Ver. 2. In the fifth year of Rehob...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the fifth year Shishak came up against Jerusalem Presently after the apostacy of the king and people, which was in the fourth year. As this great calamity came upon them so soon after they began...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

EGYPT ATTACKS JUDAH (vv.1-9) Rehoboam's prosperity however became his downfall. When he strengthened himself in his kingdom sufficiently to think himself secure, he gave up any regard he had for...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abijah's Reign over Judah. B. C. 970. 1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had establish...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the fifth year; presently after the apostacy of the king and people, which was in his fourth year, by comparing this with 2 Chronicles 11:17 .
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 1 Kings 14:21-31 , but considerably enlarges the narrative contained in that passage. The account of Shishak’s chariots and horsemen, the composition of h...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:1 . And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. They prospered, at first...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 12:1 . Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord. His juvenile council, his harem of eighteen queens and sixty concubines, are lamentable proofs of the imbecility of his mind. The apple-tr...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

He forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. Rehoboam, first king of Judah Individual lives attract and reward attention; hence the interest and fascination of fiction and history....
2 Chronicles 12:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter finishes for us the history of Rehoboam, his "acts" and his character; and, with the preceding two chapters, it may be counted among the masterpieces of Scripture biograp...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rehoboam Subdued by Shishak
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Kings 11:40 ; 1 Kings 14:24-26 ; 2 Chronicles 36:14-19 ; 2 Chronicles 7:19 ; 2 Chronicles 7:20 ; Isaiah 63:10 ; Jeremiah 2:19 ; Jeremiah 44:22 ; Jeremiah 44:23 ; Judg...
2 Chronicles 12:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fifth year — Presently after the apostacy of the king and people, which was in the fourth year.

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 12:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 12:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 12:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 12:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 12:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes