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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 12 Rehoboam and his people forsaking the law of the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt is allowed by God to invade his land, and take his fenced cities, 2 Chronicles 12:1, upon which a prophet of the Lord was sent to him and his princes, to show them the reason of it; whereupon they humbled themselves, and the Lord was pleased not to allow the enemy utterly to destroy them,...
John Gill
Ver. 9-11. So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,.... The Vulgate Latin version is, "departed from Jerusalem,'' as he did, having taken it, and spoiled it of its riches, and settled a yearly tax on the inhabitants of the land; of this, and the two following verses, [See comments on 1 Kings 14:26]. [See comments on 1 Kings 14:27]. [See comments on 1 Kings 14:28].
Matthew Henry
This chapter gives us a more full account of the reign of Rehoboam than we had before in Kings and it is a very melancholy account. Methinks we are in the book of Judges again; for, I. Rehoboam and his people did evil in the sight of the Lord, ver. 1. II. God thereupon sold them into the hands of Shishak, king of Egypt, who greatly oppressed them, ver. 2-4. III. God sent a prophet to them, to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, The temple was always very rich. Shishak came and stripped it. Everything there that was really valuable was taken away. 2Ch_12:9. And the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: He could not very well take any more. That is generally the way with the devil. God is satisfied with tithes;...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.Instead of which king Rehoboam, made shields of brass, and committed them, to of the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house. And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. That was a come-down indeed, from...
Charles H. Spurgeon
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. He did not plunder the people; he was contented with the loot of the temple and the palace. These were comparatively easy terms for the conquered nation, and one wonders how...