And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam,.... In the fourth year, the apostasy of him and his people began; and, in the year following, what is next related happened, as a punishment of it:Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; of whom see 1Ki 11:40,because they transgressed against the Lord; transgressed the law of the Lord by falling into idolatry and other abominable evils; the Targum is,"against the Word of the Lord.'
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2 Chronicles 12:2
2 Chronicles 12:2
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Shishak: 1 Kings 11:40, 1 Kings 14:24-26
because: 2 Chronicles 7:19-20, 2 Chronicles 36:14-19; Judges 2:13-15; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Nehemiah 9:26-27; Psalms 106:43-44; Isaiah 63:10; Jeremiah 2:19,…