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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 12:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 12:9 |
Strong Concordance |
So Shishak [07895] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389], and took away [03947] the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004]; he took [03947] all: he carried away [03947] also the shields [04043] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] had made [06213]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
So Shishak . . . came up against Jerusalem--After the parenthetical clause (Ch2 12:5-8) describing the feelings and state of the beleaguered court, the historian resumes his narrative of the attack upon Jerusalem, and the consequent pillage both of the temple and the palace.
he took all--that is, everything valuable he found. The cost of the targets and shields has been estimated at about £239,000 [NAPIER, Ancient Workers in Metal].
the shields of gold--made by Solomon, were kept in the house of the forest of Lebanon (Ch2 9:16). They seem to have been borne, like maces, by the guards of the palace, when they attended the king to the temple or on other public processions. Those splendid insignia having been plundered by the Egyptian conqueror, others were made of inferior metal and kept in the guard room of the palace, to be ready for use; as, notwithstanding the tarnished glory of the court, the old state etiquette was kept up on public and solemn occasions. An account of this conquest of Judah, with the name of "king of Judah" in the cartouche of the principal captive, according to the interpreters, is carved and written in hieroglyphics on the walls of the great palace of Karnak, where it may be seen at the present day. This sculpture is about twenty-seven hundred years old, and is of peculiar interest as a striking testimony from Egypt to the truth of Scripture history. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| With Ch2 12:9 the account of the war is taken up again and continued by the repetition of the words, "Then marched Shishak ... against Jerusalem" (Ch2 12:4). Shishak plundered the treasures of the temple and the palace; he had consequently captured Jerusalem. The golden shields also which had been placed in the house of the forest of Lebanon, i.e., the palace built by Solomon in Jerusalem, which Solomon had caused to be made (cf. Ch2 9:16), Shishak took away, and in their place Rehoboam caused brazen shields to be prepared; see on Kg1 14:26-28. - In Ch2 12:12 the author of the Chronicle concludes the account of this event with the didactic remark, "Because he (Rehoboam) humbled himself, the anger of Jahve was turned away from him." להשׁחית ולא, and it was not to extermination utterly (לכלה, properly to destruction, i.e., completely; cf. Eze 13:13). And also in Judah were good things. This is the other motive which caused the Lord to turn away His wrath. Good things are proofs of piety and fear of God, cf. Ch2 19:3. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Took away the treasures - Such a booty as never had before, nor has since, come into the hand of man.
The shields of gold - These shields were the mark of the king's body-guard: it was in imitation of this Eastern magnificence that Alexander constituted his Argyraspides, adorned with the spoils taken from Darius. See Quintus Curtius, lib. viii., c. 5, et alibi. |
16 And three [07969] hundred [03967] shields [04043] made he of beaten [07820] gold [02091]: three [07969] hundred [03967] shekels of gold [02091] went [05927] to one [0259] shield [04043]. And the king [04428] put [05414] them in the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844].
5 Then came [0935] Shemaiah [08098] the prophet [05030] to Rehoboam [07346], and to the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], that were gathered together [0622] to Jerusalem [03389] because [06440] of Shishak [07895], and said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Ye have forsaken [05800] me, and therefore have I also [0637] left [05800] you in the hand [03027] of Shishak [07895].
6 Whereupon the princes [08269] of Israel [03478] and the king [04428] humbled [03665] themselves; and they said [0559], The LORD [03068] is righteous [06662].
7 And when the LORD [03068] saw [07200] that they humbled [03665] themselves, the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to Shemaiah [08098], saying [0559], They have humbled [03665] themselves; therefore I will not destroy [07843] them, but I will grant [05414] them some [04592] deliverance [06413]; and my wrath [02534] shall not be poured out [05413] upon Jerusalem [03389] by the hand [03027] of Shishak [07895].
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants [05650]; that they may know [03045] my service [05656], and the service [05656] of the kingdoms [04467] of the countries [0776].
3 Nevertheless [061] there are good [02896] things [01697] found [04672] in thee, in that thou hast taken away [01197] the groves [0842] out of the land [0776], and hast prepared [03559] thine heart [03824] to seek [01875] God [0430].
13 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; I will even rend [01234] it with a stormy [05591] wind [07307] in my fury [02534]; and there shall be an overflowing [07857] shower [01653] in mine anger [0639], and great hailstones [0417] [068] in my fury [02534] to consume [03617] it.
12 And when he humbled [03665] himself, the wrath [0639] of the LORD [03068] turned [07725] from him, that he would not destroy [07843] him altogether [03617]: and also in Judah [03063] things [01697] went well [02896].
26 And he took away [03947] the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004]; he even took away [03947] all: and he took away [03947] all the shields [04043] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] had made [06213].
27 And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] made [06213] in their stead brasen [05178] shields [04043], and committed [06485] them unto the hands [03027] of the chief [08269] of the guard [07323], which kept [08104] the door [06607] of the king's [04428] house [01004].
28 And it was so, when [01767] the king [04428] went [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], that the guard [07323] bare [05375] them, and brought them back [07725] into the guard [07323] chamber [08372].
16 And three [07969] hundred [03967] shields [04043] made he of beaten [07820] gold [02091]: three [07969] hundred [03967] shekels of gold [02091] went [05927] to one [0259] shield [04043]. And the king [04428] put [05414] them in the house [01004] of the forest [03293] of Lebanon [03844].
4 And he took [03920] the fenced [04694] cities [05892] which pertained to Judah [03063], and came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389].
9 So Shishak [07895] king [04428] of Egypt [04714] came up [05927] against Jerusalem [03389], and took away [03947] the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and the treasures [0214] of the king's [04428] house [01004]; he took [03947] all: he carried away [03947] also the shields [04043] of gold [02091] which Solomon [08010] had made [06213].