2Chr 12
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And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown
strong, that he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
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And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord,
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with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horses: and there was no number of
the multitude that came with him from Egypt; Libyans, Trogodytes, and Ethiopians.
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And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to
Jerusalem.
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And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered
to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, You have left
me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim.
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And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord is righteous.
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And when the Lord saw that Gr. were ashamed, or reverential they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying,
They have repented;
I will not destroy them, but I will Gr. give set them in safety Gr. as a little for a little while, and my anger shall not
be Gr. dropped poured out on Jerusalem.
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Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings
of the earth.
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So Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were
in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king’s house: he took
all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made.
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And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains
of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.
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And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and
the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.
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And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him
utterly; for there were good Gr. words things in Juda.
13
So king Roboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Roboam was forty
and one years old Gr. in his reigning when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city
which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name
there: and his mother’s name was Noomma the Ammanitess.
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And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.
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And the Gr. words; Hebraism acts of Roboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book
of Samaia the prophet, and Addo the seer, with his achievements.
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And Roboam made war with Jeroboam Gr. always all his days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David:
and Abia his son reigned in his stead.