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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />After Rehoboam&#8217s position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But when Rehoboam was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the Law of the LORD, and all Israel followed him in this sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel along with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the Law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />It took place when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong that he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now it happened that when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the LORD—he and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he abandoned the law of the LORD—he and all Israel with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Soon after Rehoboam had control of his kingdom, he and everyone in Judah stopped obeying the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Rehoboam had established his kingdom and made himself strong, he and all Israel abandoned the LORD's teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As soon as Rehoboam had established his authority as king, he and all his people abandoned the Law of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />At the height of his power, after he had consolidated his rule, Rehoboam abandoned the LORD's Law, along with all of Israel with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned Yahweh’s law, and all Israel with him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he has forsaken the Law of YHWH, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass, at the establishing of the kingdom of Rehoboam, and at his strengthening himself, he hath forsaken the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it will be when Rehoboam established the kingdom, and when he strengthened himself, he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when the kingdom of Rehoboam had been strengthened and fortified, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all of Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Once Rehoboam had established himself as king and was firmly in charge, he abandoned the law of the LORD, and so did all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he grew strong, he abandoned the law of the LORD, he and all Israel with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND it came to pass when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, <i>that</i> he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=2786" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/12.htm">Shishak Raids Jerusalem</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: kə·hā·ḵîn (Prep-k:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">After Rehoboam had established</a> <a href="/hebrew/7346.htm" title="7346: rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām (N-proper-ms) -- A people are enlarged, a king of Judah. From rachab and am; a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king.">his</a> <a href="/hebrew/4438.htm" title="4438: mal·ḵūṯ (N-fsc) -- Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom. Or malkuth; or malkuyah; from malak; a rule; concretely, a dominion.">sovereignty</a> <a href="/hebrew/2393.htm" title="2393: ū·ḵə·ḥez·qā·ṯōw (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Strength, force. Feminine of chezeq; prevailing power.">and royal power,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">he and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ā·zaḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">forsook</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">the Law</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm">1 Kings 14:22-24</a></span><br />And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done. / They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-4.htm">1 Kings 11:4</a></span><br />For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-9.htm">1 Kings 11:9-11</a></span><br />Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. / Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command. / Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1-24</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. / When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. / So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-25.htm">1 Kings 14:25-28</a></span><br />In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. / He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. / Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">2 Chronicles 11:17</a></span><br />So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years, because they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-23.htm">2 Chronicles 11:23</a></span><br />Rehoboam also acted wisely by dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and sought many wives for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm">2 Chronicles 15:2</a></span><br />So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-17.htm">2 Chronicles 24:17-18</a></span><br />After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. / They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm">2 Chronicles 26:16</a></span><br />But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-19.htm">2 Chronicles 28:19</a></span><br />For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">2 Chronicles 29:6</a></span><br />For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-9.htm">2 Chronicles 33:9</a></span><br />So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Psalm 78:56-58</a></span><br />But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. / They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. / They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/12-13.htm">2 Chronicles 12:13</a></b></br> So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam <i>was</i> one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name <i>was</i> Naamah an Ammonitess.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">2 Chronicles 11:17</a></b></br> So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.</p><p class="hdg">he forsook</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/26-13.htm">2 Chronicles 26:13-16</a></b></br> And under their hand <i>was</i> an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-12</a></b></br> And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-10.htm">Deuteronomy 8:10-14</a></b></br> When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee… </p><p class="hdg">all Israel</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/11-3.htm">2 Chronicles 11:3</a></b></br> Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm">1 Kings 12:17</a></b></br> But <i>as for</i> the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm">1 Kings 14:22-24</a></b></br> And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/11-14.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm">Established</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-15.htm">Establishing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-13.htm">Forsook</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-16.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-16.htm">Law</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-16.htm">Position</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-22.htm">Rehoboam</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-22.htm">Rehobo'am</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-29.htm">Rehoboam's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-10.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-10.htm">Strengthening</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm">Strong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/12-5.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-5.htm">Established</a> <a href="/psalms/65-6.htm">Establishing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-5.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-18.htm">Forsook</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-4.htm">Law</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-4.htm">Position</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-2.htm">Rehoboam</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-2.htm">Rehobo'am</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-2.htm">Rehoboam's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-13.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm">Strengthening</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm">Strong</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Shishak</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-5.htm">He and the princes, repenting at the preaching of Shemaiah, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-7.htm">are delivered from destruction, but not from spoil</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-13.htm">The reign and death of Rehoboam</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His reign marked the beginning of the divided kingdom, with Jeroboam ruling over the northern tribes of Israel. Rehoboam's sovereignty was established after a tumultuous start, including the revolt of the northern tribes. The term "established" indicates a period of consolidation and stability in his rule, suggesting that he had secured his position and authority over Judah. This period of stability might have led to complacency, as often seen in biblical narratives where leaders turn away from God after achieving power.<p><b>he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD</b><br>The phrase "forsook the Law of the LORD" indicates a deliberate turning away from the commandments and statutes given by God to Israel. This forsaking is not just a personal failing of Rehoboam but involves "all Israel with him," suggesting a national apostasy. The Law of the LORD refers to the Mosaic Law, which was central to Israel's covenant relationship with God. This forsaking would have included neglecting the worship of Yahweh, possibly turning to idolatry, and failing to uphold justice and righteousness as prescribed in the Law. This act of forsaking is a recurring theme in the history of Israel and Judah, often leading to divine judgment. It also highlights the importance of leadership in guiding the spiritual direction of a nation. The forsaking of the Law contrasts with the ideal kingship exemplified by David, who, despite his failings, sought to follow God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rehoboam.htm">Rehoboam</a></b><br>The son of Solomon and king of Judah, Rehoboam's reign is marked by a division of the kingdom and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>Refers to the people of the united kingdom under David and Solomon, but here it specifically refers to the southern kingdom of Judah under Rehoboam's rule.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/forsaking_the_law.htm">Forsaking the Law</a></b><br>This event marks a turning point where Rehoboam and the people of Judah abandon the commandments and statutes given by God, leading to spiritual and national consequences.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a></b><br>Once Rehoboam felt secure, he turned away from God. We must guard against spiritual complacency, especially in times of prosperity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_influence.htm">Leadership and Influence</a></b><br>As a leader, Rehoboam's actions influenced the entire nation. Our actions, especially as leaders, have a ripple effect on those around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Forsaking God's law leads to negative consequences. Obedience to God's Word is crucial for personal and communal well-being.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>The collective turning away from God by "all Israel" shows the power of community influence, for better or worse. We should strive to be part of communities that encourage faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_all_for_rehoboam's_sin.htm">2 Chronicles 12:2 – Why would God punish an entire nation for Rehoboam’s personal disobedience? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_judah's_kings_follow_or_stray_from_god.htm">How did Judah's kings follow or stray from God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_rehoboam_biblically.htm">Who was King Rehoboam in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_shishak's_invasion.htm">2 Chronicles 12:2 - Is there archaeological or historical evidence outside the Bible confirming Shishak's exact invasion details?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">When Rehoboam had established the</span> <span class= "bld">kingdom.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">when Rehoboam's kingdom had been established.</span> The construction is impersonal: <span class= "ital">when one had established Rehoboam's kingdom.</span> The narrative is resumed from <a href="/2_chronicles/11-17.htm" title="So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.">2Chronicles 11:17</a>.<p><span class= "bld">And</span> <span class= "bld">had strengthened himself.</span>--<span class= "ital">And when he had become strong</span> (<span class= "ital">hezq?h,</span> an infinitive, used again at <a href="/2_chronicles/26-16.htm" title="But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.">2Chronicles 26:16</a>; <a href="/daniel/11-2.htm" title="And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.">Daniel 11:2</a>, and nowhere else).<p><span class= "bld">He forsook the law of the Lord</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> lapsed into idolatry. (See <a href="/context/1_kings/14-22.htm" title="And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.">1Kings 14:22-24</a>, where the offence is more precisely described.)<p><span class= "bld">All Israel.</span>--The southern kingdom being regarded as the true Israel. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm" title="Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.">2Chronicles 12:6</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When Rehoboam had established the kingdom... strengthened himself</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> while insecure and full of apprehensions, Rehoboam walked humbly and surely, but when he thought his object, simply <span class="accented">safety</span>, was gained, his true and worse self appeared or reappeared, and, clothed with self-confidence, he forsakes the "Law," to bring sure retribution on himself. All Israel with him. When we turn to the fuller statements of the parallel (<a href="/1_kings/14-22.htm">1 Kings 14:22-24</a>), we see that the sins that were at work were not those of king merely, but of people, especially in abominations such as those of sodomy and the immoral practices of the "groves," as well as the ecclesiastical and irreligious iniquities of "high places" and "image" worship! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After Rehoboam had established</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּהָכִ֞ין</span> <span class="translit">(kə·hā·ḵîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="heb">רְחַבְעָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7346.htm">Strong's 7346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sovereignty</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכ֤וּת</span> <span class="translit">(mal·ḵūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4438.htm">Strong's 4438: </a> </span><span class="str2">Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and royal power,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·ḥez·qā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2393.htm">Strong's 2393: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prevailing power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forsook</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזַ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">2 Chronicles 12:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 12:1 It happened when the kingdom of Rehoboam (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/11-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 11:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 11:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 12:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 12:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>