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2 Chronicles 12:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 12:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen, and the people were without number, that came with him from Egypt, even the Lubim, [a]Sukkiim, and the [b]Ethiopians.
4 And he took the strong cities which were of Judah, and came unto Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together in Jerusalem, because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, [c]therefore have I also left you in the hands of Shishak.
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- 2 Chronicles 12:3 Which were a people of Africa called the Troglodytes because they dwelled in holes.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 Or, black Moores.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5 Signifying, that no calamity can come unto us except we forsake God, and that he never leaveth us till we have cast him off.
2 Chronicles 12:3-5
New International Version
2 Chronicles 12:3-5
New International Version
3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans,(A) Sukkites and Cushites[a](B) that came with him from Egypt, 4 he captured the fortified cities(C) of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
5 Then the prophet Shemaiah(D) came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon(E) you to Shishak.’”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 That is, people from the upper Nile region
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