2 Chronicles 12:2-4
Amplified Bible
2 And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the Lord, that [a]Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem 3 with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. The people who came with him from Egypt were beyond counting—the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the [b]Ethiopians. 4 Shishak took the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 12:2 Shishak established the 22nd dynasty and ruled Egypt from 945-924 b.c. His invasion of the kingdom of Judah is recorded at the temple complex of Karnak (Thebes), near Luxor, Egypt. Shishak was the pharaoh who had given refuge to Jeroboam during the final years of Solomon’s reign.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 Ancient Ethiopia was south of Egypt and included portions of modern Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
2 Chronicles 12:2-4
New International Version
2 Because they had been unfaithful(A) to the Lord, Shishak(B) king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam. 3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans,(C) Sukkites and Cushites[a](D) that came with him from Egypt, 4 he captured the fortified cities(E) of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 That is, people from the upper Nile region
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