2 Chronicles 12:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.”
2 Chronicles 12:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Chronicles 12:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Chronicles 12:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Yahweh says, ‘You have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak.’””
2 Chronicles 12:5 — World English Bible
2 Chronicles 12:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. ”
2 Chronicles 12:5 — American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 12:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Shemaiah the prophet hath come in unto Rehoboam and the heads of Judah who have been gathered unto Jerusalem from the presence of Shishak, and saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, Ye have forsaken Me, and also, I have left you in the hand of Shishak;'”
2 Chronicles 12:5 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 12:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and [to] the princes of Judah that had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith Jehovah: Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. ”
2 Chronicles 12:5 — Darby Translation
2 Chronicles 12:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then came Shemaiah the Prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudah, that were gathered together in Hierusalem, because of Shishak, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth the Lord, Ye haue forsaken me, therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Shishak.”
2 Chronicles 12:5 — Geneva Bible
2 Chronicles 12:5 in Context — 2 Chronicles 12
3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.
7 And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
What Does 2 Chronicles 12:5 Mean?
2 Chronicles 12:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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