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1–12. Rehoboam's retreat from Jehovah and punishment by the invasion of the Egyptians; Rovoan's temporary repentance. 13–16. Duration and general character of the reign of Rehoboam, his successor. 2 Chronicles 12:1. When Rehoboam's kingdom was established and he became strong, then he left the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. Rehoboam's unfaithfulness to Jehovah (cf. verses 5 and 14) is depicted in more detail in (1 Kings 14:21–24), The Expository Bible, vol. II, p. 436. 2 Chronicles 12:2. In the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shushakim, king of Egypt, went against Jerusalem, because they had departed from the Lord, - 2 Chronicles 12:3. with one thousand and two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and there was no number of the people that came with him from Egypt, the Libyans, the Sukhites, and the Ethiopians; 2 Chronicles 12:4. and he took the fortified cities of Judea and came to Jerusalem. The invasion of Susakin, as a punishment for the iniquities of Rehoboam, is also spoken of in (1 Kings 14:25–26) (see The Explanatory Bible, vol. II, pp. 436–437), but in 2 Chronicles this story is filled in with several particulars. This shows (v. 3) the number of chariots (1,200) and horsemen (60,000) of Susakimov’s army, and the diverse composition of this army is also noted: in addition to the Egyptians themselves, there were also representatives of other nationalities, obviously African, subordinate to Egypt: Livitans, Sukhites and Ethiopians. The Libyans (Heb.: luvim or legavim), (Gen. 10:13; Nahum.3:9; Dan.11:43) lived along the northern coast of Africa, near present-day Algeria and further to the east (cf. "Explanatory Bible", vol. I, p. 326). The Ethiopians (Heb.: kutim) are usually called in the Bible the inhabitants of the country corresponding to modern Nubia and Abyssinia, although sometimes this name means the territory and people north of the Persian Gulf. (See The Interpretive Bible, vol. I, p. 71; vol. II, p. 549). Sukhites Heb.: Sukhkiim, not well known (LXX, Vulgata, slav.: “Troglodytes”), inhabitants of caves and tents, according to the most accepted opinion, a nomadic tribe on the western shore of the Red Sea (related to the Ethiopians). 2 Chronicles 12:5. Then Samei the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah, who had gathered in Jerusalem, fleeing from Shusakim, and said to them: Thus says the Lord: You have left Me, therefore I am leaving you into the hands of Shusakim. 2 Chronicles 12:6. And the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous!” 2 Chronicles 12:7. When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, then the word of the Lord came to Samey, and said: They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them and will quickly give them deliverance, and My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shusakim; 2 Chronicles 12:8. however, they will be his servants, so that they will know what it is to serve Me and to serve the kingdoms of the earth. About the activities of the prophet Samei, a contemporary and writer of everyday life of Rehoboam (v. 15), about the accusatory sermon of this prophet and the beneficial consequences of this sermon, the news is also found only in 2 Chronicles and has all the signs of documentary evidence of an eyewitness or participant in the events of the prophet. 2 Chronicles 12:9. And Shusakim king of Egypt came to Jerusalem and took the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house; He took everything, including the golden shields that Solomon had made. 2 Chronicles 12:10. And King Rehoboam made copper shields in their place, and gave them into the hands of the captains of the guard who guarded the entrance of the king's house. 2 Chronicles 12:11. When the king went out to the house of the Lord, the bodyguards came and carried them, and then again carried them to the bodyguard's chamber. Literal repetition (1 Kings 14:25–28) (cf. The Expository Bible, vol. II, pp. 436–437). 2 Chronicles 12:13. And king Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one 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 for His name to dwell there. His mother's name was Naamah, the Ammonite. 2 Chronicles 12:14. And he did evil because he did not dispose his heart to seek the Lord. 2 Chronicles 12:15. The acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are described in the records of Samei the prophet and Adda the seer in genealogies. And Rehoboam had wars with Jeroboam all the days. 2 Chronicles 12:16. And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead. You might be interested in: