World English Bible
2 Chronicles 12:2
“It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,”
Verse in context — 2 Chronicles 12
1
It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with him.
2
It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Yahweh,
3
with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
4
He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
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Solomon’s reign and Judah’s history until the Babylonian exile.
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