2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 12:2–3
2In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem 3with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen,b and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt— Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.c
Footnotes
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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 |
2 Chronicles 12:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| with 1,200 | בְּאֶ֤לֶף | bə·’e·lep̄ | Preposition-b; Number - masculine singular | H505 thousand |
| chariots | רֶ֔כֶב | re·ḵeḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H7393 chariotry, chariot, mill-stone |
| 60,000 | וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים | ū·ḇə·šiš·šîm | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Number - common plural | H8346 sixty |
| horsemen | פָּרָשִׁ֑ים | pā·rā·šîm | Noun - masculine plural | H6571 horse, steed |
| and countless | וְאֵ֣ין | wə·’ên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| troops | לָעָ֞ם | lā·‘ām | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| who | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| came | בָּ֤אוּ | bā·’ū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| with him | עִמּוֹ֙ | ‘im·mōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5973 with |
| out of Egypt | מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mim·miṣ·ra·yim | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| Libyans | לוּבִ֥ים | lū·ḇîm | Noun - proper - masculine plural | H3864 Lybians |
| Sukkites | סֻכִּיִּ֖ים | suk·kî·yîm | Noun - proper - masculine plural | H5525 Sukkite |
| and Cushites | וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ | wə·ḵū·šîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine plural | H3569 Cushite |
Cross-references
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2 Chronicles 12:2 1 Kings 11:40 · 2 Chronicles 7:19–20
2 Chronicles 12:3 Nahum 3:9 · 2 Chronicles 16:8 · Daniel 11:43
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.