2 Chronicles 12:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. — The narrative is resumed after the parenthesis relating to Shemaiah by repeating the statement of 2 Chronicles 12:2.

And took away the treasures of the house of the Lord. — See 1 Kings 14:26, with which the rest of this verse is identical.

2 Chronicles 12:9

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.