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2 Chronicles 12:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 Chronicles 12:2-4
New Catholic Bible
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[a] 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,[b] and Ethiopians.
4 After Shishak had captured the fortified cities of Judah and had arrived at the outskirts of Jerusalem,
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- 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.
