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2 Chronicles 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible
2 Chronicles 12:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 12
Rehoboam’s Unfaithfulness. 1 After Rehoboam’s kingdom was firmly established and he grew ever more powerful, he, and all Israel[a] with him, abandoned the law of the Lord. 2 In the fifth year of the reign of King Rehoboam, because he and his people had been unfaithful to the Lord, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem[b] 3 with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. In addition, he also brought with him from Egypt a vast army beyond counting—Libyans, Sukkites,[c] and Ethiopians.
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- 2 Chronicles 12:1 All Israel: that is, the people of God, not the “kingdom of Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:2 This campaign of Pharaoh Shishak (Sheshonk) is depicted on the walls of a temple at Karnak.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 Sukkites: a people of east Africa; see the Suco of whom Strabo speaks, and the modern Suakim.
