2 Chronicles 12 · Verse 2

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,
2 Chronicles 12:2, King James Version

2 Chronicles 12:2 in other translations

BSBIn the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem
WEBIn the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against the LORD,
ASVAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah,
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, come up hath Shishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem--because they trespassed against Jehovah--
DARBYAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, because they had transgressed against Jehovah, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
BBENow in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,
WebsterAnd 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,

What does 2 Chronicles 12:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem--He was the first king of the twenty-second or Bubastic Dynasty. What was the immediate cause of this invasion? Whether it was in resentment for some provocation from the king of Judah, or in pursuance of ambitious views of conquest, is not said. But the invading army was a vast horde, for Shishak brought along with his native Egyptians an immense number of foreign auxiliaries.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Shishak king of Egypt - Concerning this man, and the motive which led him to attack the Jews, see the note on 1Kgs 14:31. Transgressed against the Lord - "Against the Word of the Lord." - Targum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 12:2 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.

וַיְהִ֞יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַּשָּׁנָ֤הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141
הַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ha.cha.mi.Shit<the> fifthH2549
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428
רְחַבְעָ֔םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
עָלָ֛ה'a.Lahhe came upH5927
שִׁישַׁ֥קshi.ShakShishakH7895
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
מָעֲל֖וּma.'a.Luthey had acted unfaithfullyH4603
בַּיהוָֽה\׃ba.Yah.wehagainst YahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 12:2

  • 1 Kings 11:40

    Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:19-20

    But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

  • Psalms 106:43-44

    Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

  • Lamentations 5:15

    The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

  • Jeremiah 44:22-23

    So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

  • Judges 2:13-15

    And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

  • Isaiah 63:10

    But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:9

    And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

  • 1 Kings 14:24-26

    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. And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:14-19

    Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. …

  • Nehemiah 9:26-27

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3034. B.C. 970. Shishak.
1Ki 11:40; 14:24-26
because.
7:19,20; 36:14-19; Jud 2:13-15; 1Ch 28:9; Ne 9:26,27; Ps 106:43,44
Isa 63:10; Jer 2:19; 44:22,23; La 5:15

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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,

  • 2 Chronicles 12:3

    With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

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2 Chronicles 12:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en el quinto año del rey Roboam subió Sisac rey de Egipto contra Jerusalem, (por cuanto se habían rebelado contra Jehová,)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et parce qu’ils avaient péché contre l’ Éternel, il arriva, en la cinquième année du roi Roboam, que Shishak, roi d’Égypte, monta contre Jérusalem,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah im fünften Jahre des Königs Rehabeam, da zog Sisak, der König von Ägypten, mit 1200 Wagen und mit 6000 Reitern wider Jerusalem herauf, weil sie treulos gegen Jehova gehandelt hatten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Anno autem quinto regni Roboam, ascendit Sesac rex Ægypti in Jerusalem (quia peccaverant Domino)