2 Chronicles 12 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 12:6

Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.
2 Chronicles 12:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 12:6 in other translations

BSBSo the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
WEBThen the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, “The LORD is righteous.”
ASVThen the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.
YLTand the heads of Israel are humbled, and the king, and they say, ‘Righteous is Jehovah.'
DARBYAnd the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.
BBEThen the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.
WebsterUpon which the princes of Israel, and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.

What does 2 Chronicles 12:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. the princes of Israel--(compare 2Ch 12:5, "the princes of Judah").

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves - This is not mentioned in the parallel place, 1Kgs 14:25-29 : this was the sole reason why Jerusalem was not at this time totally destroyed, and the house of David entirely cut off; for they were totally incapable of defending themselves against this innumerable host.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 12:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּvai.yi.ka.ne.'Uand they humbled themselvesH3665
שָׂרֵֽי\־sa.rei-[the] leaders ofH8269
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhand the kingH4428
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
צַדִּ֥יק\׀tza.Dik[is] righteousH6662
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 12:6

  • Exodus 9:27

    And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

  • Daniel 9:14

    Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

  • James 4:10

    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  • Jeremiah 13:18

    Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:19

    His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

  • 1 Kings 8:37-39

    If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

  • Romans 10:3

    For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

  • Psalms 129:4

    The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

  • Job 33:27

    He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

  • Luke 18:14

    I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • Judges 1:7

    And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12

    And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
humbled.
32:26; 33:12,19,23; Ex 10:3; Le 26:40,41; 1Ki 8:37-39; Ps 78:34,35
Jer 13:15,18; 44:10; Da 5:22; Ho 5:15; Lu 18:14; Jas 4:6,10
the Lord.
Ex 9:27; Jud 1:7; Job 33:27; Ps 129:4; La 1:18; Da 9:14; Ro 10:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 12:5

    Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:6

    Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:7

    And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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2 Chronicles 12:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los príncipes de Israel y el rey se humillaron, y dijeron: Justo es Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les chefs d’Israël et le roi s’humilièrent, et dirent: L’ Éternel est juste.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Obersten von Israel und der König demütigten sich und sprachen: Jehova ist gerecht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Consternatique principes Israël et rex, dixerunt: Justus est Dominus.