(A)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, (B)Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

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Because they had been unfaithful(A) to the Lord, Shishak(B) king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.

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40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to (A)Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

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40 Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled(A) to Egypt, to Shishak(B) the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.

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19 (A)“But if you[a] turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 (B)then I will pluck you[b] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it (C)a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew for you is plural here
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse

19 “But if you[a] turn away(A) and forsake(B) the decrees and commands I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot(C) Israel from my land,(D) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(E) among all peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.

15 (A)The joy of our hearts has ceased;
    (B)our dancing has been turned to mourning.

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15 Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.(A)

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22 (A)The Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and (B)the abominations that you committed. (C)Therefore your land has become (D)a desolation and a waste and a curse, (E)without inhabitant, as it is this day. 23 It is because you made offerings (F)and because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies (G)that this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.”

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22 When the Lord could no longer endure(A) your wicked actions and the detestable things you did, your land became a curse(B) and a desolate waste(C) without inhabitants, as it is today.(D) 23 Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed him or followed(E) his law or his decrees(F) or his stipulations, this disaster(G) has come upon you, as you now see.”(H)

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19 (A)Your evil will chastise you,
    and (B)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (C)bitter
    for (D)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

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19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(A) will rebuke(B) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(C) it is for you
when you forsake(D) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(E) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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10 (A)But they rebelled
    (B)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.

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10 Yet they rebelled(A)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(B)
So he turned and became their enemy(C)
    and he himself fought(D) against them.

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43 (A)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their (B)purposes
    and were (C)brought low through their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he (D)heard their cry.

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43 Many times he delivered them,(A)
    but they were bent on rebellion(B)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;(C)

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26 (A)“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you (B)and cast your law behind their back (C)and killed your prophets, who (D)had warned them in order to turn them back to you, (E)and they committed great blasphemies. 27 (F)Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. (G)And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them (H)saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

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26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(A) They killed(B) your prophets,(C) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(D) 27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(E) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(F) you gave them deliverers,(G) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

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14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, (A)sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 (B)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (C)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (D)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 (E)Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand. 18 (F)And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon. 19 (G)And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels.

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14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful,(A) following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Fall of Jerusalem(B)(C)

15 The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers(D) again and again,(E) because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed(F) at his prophets until the wrath(G) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.(H) 17 He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,[a](I) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men(J) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.(K) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.(L) 18 He carried to Babylon all the articles(M) from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19 They set fire(N) to God’s temple(O) and broke down the wall(P) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed(Q) everything of value there.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:17 Or Chaldeans

David's Charge to Solomon

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

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“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(A) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(B) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(C) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(D) him, he will reject(E) you forever.

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24 and there were also (A)male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

25 (B)In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. 26 He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. (C)He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold (D)that Solomon had made,

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24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(A) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked(C) Jerusalem. 26 He carried off the treasures of the temple(D) of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields(E) Solomon had made.

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13 They abandoned the Lord (A)and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. 14 (B)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he (C)gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. (D)And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, (E)so that they could no longer withstand their enemies. 15 Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, (F)and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.

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13 because they forsook(A) him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.(B) 14 In his anger(C) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands(D) of raiders who plundered(E) them. He sold them(F) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.(G) 15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(H) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(I)

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