2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 12:1–2
1After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israela with him forsook the Law of the LORD. 2In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
Footnotes
- a 12:1 That is, Judah; in 2 Chronicles, Judah is occasionally called Israel, as representative of the true Israel.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
2 Chronicles 12:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After Rehoboam had established | כְּהָכִ֞ין | kə·hā·ḵîn | Preposition-k; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H3559 be firm |
| his | רְחַבְעָם֙ | rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7346 Rehoboam |
| sovereignty | מַלְכ֤וּת | mal·ḵūṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H4438 royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom |
| and royal power | וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ | ū·ḵə·ḥez·qā·ṯōw | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H2393 strength, force |
| he and all | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| with him | עִמּֽוֹ׃פ | ‘im·mōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5973 with |
| forsook | עָזַ֖ב | ‘ā·zaḇ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| the Law | תּוֹרַ֣ת | tō·w·raṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
2 Chronicles 12:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the fifth | הַֽחֲמִישִׁית֙ | ha·ḥă·mî·šîṯ | Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular | H2549 fifth |
| year | בַּשָּׁנָ֤ה | baš·šā·nāh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
| of Rehoboam’s | רְחַבְעָ֔ם | rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7346 Rehoboam |
| reign | לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | lam·me·leḵ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| because | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| they had been unfaithful | מָעֲל֖וּ | mā·‘ă·lū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H4603 act unfaithfully, treacherously |
| to the LORD | בַּיהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Shishak | שִׁישַׁ֥ק | šî·šaq | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7895 Shishak |
| king | מֶֽלֶךְ־ | me·leḵ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of Egypt | מִצְרַ֖יִם | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| attacked | עָלָ֛ה | ‘ā·lāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| Jerusalem | יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | yə·rū·šā·lim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
2 Chronicles 12:1 2 Chronicles 11:17 · 2 Chronicles 12:13 · 2 Chronicles 26:13–16 · 1 Kings 14:22–24
2 Chronicles 12:2 1 Kings 11:40 · 2 Chronicles 7:19–20
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.