2 Chronicles 12 · Verse 1

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.
2 Chronicles 12:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 12:1 in other translations

BSBAfter Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
WEBWhen the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the LORD’s law, and all Israel with him.
ASVAnd it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
DARBYAnd it came to pass when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and when he had become strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
BBENow when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 12:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2Ch 12:1-12. Rehoboam, Forsaking God, Is Punished by Shishak. 1. when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself--(See on 2Ch 11:17). During the first three years of his reign his royal influence was exerted in the encouragement of the true religion. Security and ease led to religious decline, which, in the fourth year, ended in open apostasy. The example of the court was speedily followed by his subjects, for "all Israel was with him," that is, the people in his own kingdom. The very next year, the fifth of his reign, punishment was inflicted by the invasion of Shishak.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Rehoboam and his subjects, forsaking the Lord, are delivered into the hands of Shishak, king of Egypt, 2Chr 12:1-4. 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 shields, instead of which Rehoboam makes shields of brass, 2Chr 12:5-12. He reigns badly seventeen years, dies, and is succeeded by his son Abijah, 2Chr 12:13-16. Verse 1 He forsook the law of the Lord - This was after the three years mentioned 2Chr 11:17.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished. --When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common, but very lamentable, that men, who in distress or danger, or near death, seem much engaged in seeking and serving God, throw aside all their religion when they have received a merciful deliverance. God quickly brought troubles upon Judah, to awaken the people to repentance, before their hearts were hardened. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of Providence, to justify God, and to judge ourselves. If we have humbled hearts under humbling providences, the affliction has done its work; it shall be removed, or the property of it be altered. The more God's service is compared with other services, the more reasonable and easy it will appear. Are the laws of temperance thought hard? The effects of intemperance will be found much harder. The service of God is perfect liberty; the service of our lusts is complete slavery. Rehoboam was never rightly fixed in his religion. He never quite cast off God; yet he engaged not his heart to seek the Lord. See what his fault was; he did not serve the Lord, because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon, for wisdom and grace; he did not consult the word of God, did not seek to that as his oracle, nor follow its directions. He made nothing of his religion, because he did not set his heart to it, nor ever came up to a steady resolution in it. He did evil, because he never was determined for good.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 12:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כְּהָכִ֞יןke.ha.Khinwhen establishedH3559
מַלְכ֤וּתmal.Khut[the] kingdom ofH4438
רְחַבְעָם֙re.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹu.khe.chez.ka.Toand according to strengthening hisH2393
עָזַ֖ב'a.Zavhe forsookH5800
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עִמּֽוֹ\׃\ \פi.Mowith himH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 12:1

  • 2 Chronicles 11:17

    So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:13

    So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty 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, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:13-16

    And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

  • 1 Kings 14:22-24

    And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

  • Hosea 5:10-11

    The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

  • Deuteronomy 6:10-12

    And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Deuteronomy 8:10-14

    When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; …

  • Hosea 13:1

    When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

  • 2 Kings 17:19

    Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

  • Micah 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • Jeremiah 2:31

    O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  • 2 Chronicles 11:3

    Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak.
5 He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil.
13 The reign and death of Rehoboam.

A.M. 3032. B.C. 972. when Rehoboam.
13; 11:17
he forsook.
26:13-16; De 6:10-12; 8:10-14; 32:15,18; 1Ki 9:9; Jer 2:31; Ho 13:1
Ho 13:6-8
all Israel.
11:3; 1Ki 12:17; 14:22-24; 2Ki 17:19; Ho 5:10,11; Mic 6:16

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Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:2

    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,

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2 Chronicles 12:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y COMO Roboam hubo confirmado el reino, dejó la ley de Jehová, y con él todo Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arriva que, quand le royaume de Roboam fut affermi, et qu’il se fut fortifié, il abandonna la loi de l’ Éternel, et tout Israël avec lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als das Königtum Rehabeams befestigt, und er stark geworden war, verließ er das Gesetz Jehovas, und ganz Israel mit ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque roboratum fuisset regnum Roboam et confortatum, dereliquit legem Domini, et omnis Israël cum eo.